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The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has recently unveiled key findings from their annual conference, which serves as a platform for in-depth discussions on a wide range of pressing matters and emerging trends within the shipping industry.

The creation of Kenya's National Maritime Transport Policy has greatly advanced, Maritime Principal Secretary Nancy Karigithu informed. To create this policy, the country's Ministry of Transport organised a four-day workshop to get technical assistance from the IMO in establishing this policy.

USCG issued an alert reminding operators of all commercial vessels of the importance of developing and maintaining organizational-wide internal reporting systems. The purpose of such a reporting system is to allow vessel employees to anonymously report issues related to vessel material safety, operational safety and environmental compliance.

The new Policy Letter authorizes and states the conditions under which Authorized Classification Societies and Recognized Organizations may issue electronic certificates to U.S. flag vessels as well as the conditions under which they will be accepted by the Coast Guard for foreign vessels subject to Port State Control Exams in the US.

The European Community Shipowners’ Associations announced that European Transport Ministers adopted, on March 29, a ministerial declaration on maritime transport. The declaration outlines priorities for the EU's maritime transport policy, focusing on competitiveness, digitalisation and decarbonisation.

The New Zealand Ministry of foreign affairs and trade issued its trade agenda 2030, presenting the country's trade policy strategy, to further enhance the sector and enable exporters to seize opportunities presented by new markets and sectors. The report delivers on this commitment, setting out four key shifts in its trade policy.

BIMCO Board of Directors meet in Paris

London-based body launches 'manuals' on the two main options for market-based measures Underlining its difference of opinion with most other national shipping associations, the UK Chamber of Shipping has urged the international shipping industry to keep the door open on all options to drive a reduction of its carbon emissions. The UK Chamber has welcomed the advances made by the International Maritime Organization to promote the reduction of shipping's carbon emissions through technical efficiencies but in a statement says it believes that it will prove necessary for the industry to go further - through the adoption of economic (or 'market-based') measures to meet governments' expectations and targets. The statement said: "International opinion is divided on the best model for reducing the shipping industry's carbon emissions. Some support the idea of a greenhouse gas (GHG) contribution fund, in which shipping companies would contribute as part of purchases of bunker fuel. Others prefer an Emissions Trading System (ETS), in which shipping companies would buy a shipping allowance or 'emissions unit', which they would then surrender according to their actual carbon emissions." The International Chamber of Shipping's (ICS) director external relations Simon Bennett told that the vast majority of national shipping associations within ...