Hempel joins IMO’s initiative on biofouling
Hempel A/S coatings company has released a statement to announce its decision to join the International Maritime Organization (IMO's) Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety.
Read moreHempel A/S coatings company has released a statement to announce its decision to join the International Maritime Organization (IMO's) Global Industry Alliance (GIA) for Marine Biosafety.
Read moreRoyal Belgian Shipowners Association applauds the historic move by the UN, to finalize High Seas Treaty, the international treaty for the protection of high seas biodiversity, after years of negotiations. Also, the Association acknowledges Belgian government’s active role in the development and finalisation of the agreement.
Read moreIMO has welcomed the landmark agreement on a new oceans treaty to protect marine biodiversity on the high seas. Negotiators from more than 100 countries completed a UN treaty to protect the high seas on Saturday 5 March 2023, a long-awaited step that environmental groups say will help reverse marine biodiversity losses and ensure sustainable development.
Read moreFSO Safer, that has been described as a “floating time bomb”, moored in the Red Sea is still waiting for a new vessel to remove its cargo of 1.1 million barrels of oil.
Read moreUN and Ukraine agreed to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative by 120 days, aiming to ease global food shortages by facilitating Ukraine's agricultural exports from its southern Black Sea ports.
Read moreDuring COP27, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres called for a historic pact between developed and developing countries to combine capacities, and pivot the world towards reducing carbon emissions, transforming energy systems and avoiding a climate catastrophe.
Read moreA report presented to the General Assembly by the Working Group examines violations of human rights and humanitarian law perpetrated by private military and security companies, mercenaries and related actors in maritime.
Read moreAfter announcing their exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Russia informed that it will eventually renew its participation, as it considers that "the guarantees received at the moment appear sufficient."
Read moreUN officials stationed at the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) for the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative said there will be no movement of vessels on November 2, in the light of Russia’s decision to suspend its involvement in the deal.
Read moreRussia suspended its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, with the United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine pressing ahead to implement the deal with a transit plan in place for 16 ships.
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