Tag: IMO

The Facilitation Committee met in person at IMO Headquarters in London for its forty-eighth session (FAL 48) from 8 to 12 April 2024, where various issues were discussed. 

The Global Maritime Forum and RMI (founded as the Rocky Mountain Institute), under Mission Innovation’s umbrella, released a report outlining strategies for ports to become first movers in providing green methanol and ammonia bunkering.

The Environmental Ship Index (ESI) entered a new era in March, with the confirmation of an expanded suite of performance modules to support ports and vessel owners on the journey to decarbonisation and lowering emissions.

BIMCO has submitted a paper to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) advocating for a comprehensive digitalization strategy.

In light of recent statistics and findings from the Panama Maritime Authority regarding maritime incidents and casualties in the past four years (2020-2023), it is evident that there are critical areas requiring improvement in the implementation of Safety Management Systems across the fleet.

Representatives of the Port State Control Committee, the governing body under the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Black Sea Region (BS MoU), met in-person presence in Batumi, Georgia, for the twenty-fourth session from 26 to 28 March 2024.

The Sea Cargo Charter (SCC) is expanding its scope four years after its inception. With 37 signatories already on board, this expansion aims to increase the initiative’s impact on transparency and shipping decarbonisation across the entire industry by allowing charterers and shipowners to monitor and report their emissions under a common framework.  

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched a website with information on zero and near-zero marine fuels and technologies, including pricing information and the latest research. 

According to DNV, last year saw a doubling in the count of initiatives promoting environmentally friendly shipping corridors, bringing the total to 57 as of February this year.

Cargill revealed the results of the six-month test period of the Pyxis Ocean, underscoring the potential for the wind assisted propulsion technology in moving the shipping industry toward renewable energy use.