IMO Urged to Consider Mandatory Speed Limits for Ships
An open letter signed by more than 100 shipping companies and environmental organizations is urging the International Maritime Organization to impose mandatory
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An open letter signed by more than 100 shipping companies and environmental organizations is urging the International Maritime Organization to impose mandatory
By Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — Demand for the shipping industry’s main fuel is widely expected to collapse like never before in 2020, so it might come
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) – The United Nations’ shipping agency is working on tougher measures to clamp down on rogue
BP says it will begin selling a new type of low sulphur bunker fuel that meets new MARPOL regulations limiting the sulphur content of marine fuels to 0.5%. BP
“Empowering Women in the Maritime Community” has been selected as the World Maritime Day theme for 2019. This video from the IMO Secretary-General,
International shipping association BIMCO is calling for the IMO to use more realistic economic growth data in its upcoming study on greenhouse gas emissions
The International Chamber of Shipping is looking ahead towards a zero-carbon future for shipping as sulphur and greenhouse gas emissions takes center stage
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (Reuters) – High-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) volumes traded in S&P Global Platts’ Singapore price
By Sam Whelan, Asia correspondent (The Loadstar) – The IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap, to be imposed in January 2020, could be a “blessing in disguise” for
By John Kemp LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Global oil markets are adjusting to relatively strong demand for diesel and jet fuel compared to gasoline,
By Dina Khrennikova and Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) — Russia is set to suffer the biggest revenue losses from rules mandating cleaner marine
By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Mandatory speed limits could be shipping lines’ best hope of achieving the IMO’s 2030 emissions reduction
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – The United Nations shipping agency pushed back this week on any phased entry for tougher marine fuel
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The United States is looking for a “pragmatic” approach to the implementation of new
By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will today decide whether to ban the carriage of high-sulphur
By John Kemp LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has so far resisted pressure to soften or postpone the
By Sherry Su and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — The person charged with overseeing controversial new rules on shipping fuel says he’s growing increasingly
By Roslan Khasawneh and Jonathan Saul SINGAPORE/LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will not delay
By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Shippers have joined forwarders in condemning Maersk’s plan for new fuel surcharges to help recover the additional
French shipping giant CMA CGM on Monday said the 2020 global sulphur cap regulation will cost an estimated $160 per twenty-foot container or equivalent unit
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