ICS published Trade Policy Review, outlining some of the major strategic projects undertaken on behalf of the global shipping industry, in promoting and advancing the principles of free trade, fair competition and market access.

In 2022, nine flag states have already joined a relatively new standards and safety regime aiming to shape the future of training for autonomous shipping globally, proving that, in the current landscape of growing automation, the human factor remains critical.

IMO is on its way with new guidelines for the use of alternative fuels; a development that Danish Shipping welcomes, saying that they are "an important step towards climate neutrality."

At least 25 people were killed and dozens were missing after a boat sank on September 25, in Bangladesh, marking the worst waterways disaster to hit the country in over a year.

Four fishermen were injured after the Panama-registered tanker ship "Global Peak" hit a fishing vessel off the Cochin coast, on 22 September. 

MAN Energy Solutions has published its Corporate Responsibility (CR) Report 2021, informing that the company aims to reduce emissions from its own production facilities by 50% by 2030.

A report into the failed Ports of Auckland automation project found that management, governance, and other key factors were poor.

Crowley and Berge Bulk participated in the latest funding round for Carbon Ridge, a developer of modular onboard carbon capture and storage solutions (OCCS) for the maritime industry.

A fire broke out on September 22 onboard a RORO, docked at the Port of Tacoma. According to the port, the fire burned on the upper deck of the ship before the vessel’s fire-suppression system put out the flames.

ABB and MAN Energy Solutions will develop a propulsion solution with the aim to reduce carbon footprint and fuel costs as well as to increase the operating flexibility of liquified natural gas (LNG) carriers.