Tag: shipping industry

IMO and the World Bank Group joined forces to encourage adoption of a Maritime Single Window (MSW) system.

U.S Senator’s Roger Wicker (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Improving Protections for Midshipmen Act, which would strengthen Sexual Assault/Sexual Harassment (SASH) prevention, response and investigation in the maritime industry.

Lack of investment in developing green technologies is the biggest threat to achieving decarbonisation targets, as industry leaders will urge during one of the largest ever meetings of shipping executives and maritime states at COP26.

Ghana's National Security official revealed that the new Cyber-Security Act provides resilience against potential cyber incidents.

Following a female cadet's sexual assault onboard a vessel while attending the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, ITF calls industry to work with seafarers as assault case reverberates.

Maritime technology companies issued an open letter urging shipping industry to focus on both efficiency technologies and future fuels.

The Baltic Exchange, the world’s independent source of maritime market data, has issued its reports for the last week, 24-29 Oct 2021, to provide information about the tanker and bulk market performance. The information is used by shipbrokers, owners & operators, traders, financiers, and charterers as a reliable and independent view of the dry and tanker markets.

The UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his Autumn Budget and Spending Review to Parliament, promising a £300 million injection into R&D projects to commercialise low and zero emission technologies 

While the market cannot accelerate shipping decarbonization by its own, it is by far the most important tool regulators have in their hands in order to deliver tangible solutions, experts agreed during a recent webinar organized by Global Maritime Forum.

The Republic of Botswana has become the latest State to join the International Maritime Organization (IMO).