The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) explores in their latest Leadership Insights newsletter story, how the maritime industry takes action against drug smuggling onboard. 

Since February 7th, 2024, the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) has been responding on an incident of an overturned vessel and a resulting oil spill near Cove Eco Industrial and Business Park in Tobago.

Amogy has been awarded a feasibility statement by Lloyd’s Register (LR). This statement serves as the official approval of Amogy’s Technology Qualification Plan (TQP), providing evidence that its technology is viable for maritime applications. 

Maersk greenhouse gas emissions targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to be in line with the 1.5-degree pathway from the Paris Agreement. This marks an industry first under SBTi’s Maritime Guidance.

Future Proof Shipping (FPS), in collaboration with the EU-funded Flagships project and the Interreg-funded ZEM Ports NS project, has launched the H2 Barge 2, hydrogen-powered vessel.

Do you sometimes feel that you need to step back from your daily tasks and just take time to do nothing at all, without any specific purpose or goal? Here comes the act of ‘Niksen’, the Dutch term for doing absolutely nothing.

InterManager has gained support from industry stakeholders such as DNV, Lloyd’s Register, and Steamship Mutual for its General Principles of Conduct and Action.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced its second price cap enforcement action of 2024, imposing sanctions on four entities and designating one vessel as blocked property.

Seabound’s compact carbon capture system installed on a 3200 TEU container ship has succeeded, during a test, in capturing CO2 at approximately 80% efficiency and sulphur at around 90% efficiency.  

Capital Group, Navios Maritime Partners, Neda Maritime Agency, Star Bulk and Thenamaris have joined efforts in an initiative for a global Maritime Emissions Reduction Centre.