IMO's Committee (FAL), 47th session (13-17 March 2023) adopted a new amendment to the FAL Convention which aims to address the need to combat illicit activities in the national facilitation programs of Governments.

This morning, ABB made the announcement that it would provide Lisbon's river commute with the city's first all-electric boat.

Yesterday, Belize, Japan and Portugal became the latest countries to show their support for the safety of fishing vessels by becoming contracting parties to the fishing vessel safety treaty, the 2012 Cape Town Agreement.

Earlier this week, Eurostat released a study for the year 2021 on import dependency for the entire family of crude oil and petroleum products, as well as crude oil production in the EU.

A new guide to support countries to put in place port reception facilities to receive marine plastic litter from ships was published yesterday by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

SAFE Boats International introduced earlier this week the autonomous hydrographic survey vessel, Merlin. The 23-meter semi-displacement monohull design was developed in collaboration with Mythos AI, Echo81, and World Marine Design.

In this week’s  Shipping Number of the Week, BIMCO looks at the first quarter decline in Japan’s dry bulk imports and weak demand for steel.

Korean Register (KR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Microsoft Korea on 28 March to collaborate on digital transformation and enhance their technological capabilities, with the aim of leading the digital transformation of the shipbuilding and maritime industry by leveraging fourth industrial revolution technologies

The FPSO ONE GUYANA project vessel successfully entered drydock at the Keppel yard in Singapore last week. 

Technology group Wärtsilä announced earlier this week that it will supply the engines for Celebrity Cruises, capable of operating with a methanol fuel option.