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The Norwegian Ministry of Defence announced that new, stricter reporting regulations regarding foreign vessels.

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) has issued a new document outlining the requirements for methanol as marine fuel.

Pilots working in some ports in Brazil have in some instances refused to board vessels that do not maintain adequate temperature control.

The EU Council has adopted four new pieces of the ‘maritime safety’ legislative package, amending the relevant directives on the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector, ship-source pollution, compliance with flag state requirements, and port state control.

IACS published a new Unified Requirement UR M85, providing guidelines for type approval testing of synthetic materials in propeller shaft bearings.

IACS announced its participation in the forthcoming 109th session of the Maritime Safety Committee which will meet from 2 to 6 December 2024.

Representatives of the Port State Control Committee, the governing body under Tokyo MOU, met in the Republic of Korea, from 11 to 14 November 2024 for its 35th annual meeting.

Environment Minister put forward a bill that will prohibit the discharge of scrubber water from ships in Danish territorial waters.

European MEPs demand more targeted EU sanctions against Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’, which provides a key financial lifeline for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

The Liberia Ship Registy has issued advisory to highlight recent retroactive SOLAS requirements for existing passenger ships that were recently adopted by reference (a), and which require compliance not later than the first Passenger Ship Safety Survey on or after 1 January 2028.