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One of the world’s largest container terminal operators is reporting a “smooth transition” to the new container weight verification rule now

With most of the recent regulatory focus being on the new SOLAS verified gross mass rule for packed containers, another new regulation has

A long-awaited new regulation requiring the gross mass of a container to be verified before it is loaded onto a ship enters into force on Friday amid some

By Captain George Livingstone One of the great ‘maritime’ authors of the 20th century is Jan de Hartog, born in Holland, his seagoing career spanned the

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – The IMO has urged regulators to take a “pragmatic” approach to the new SOLAS VGM requirements for the first three

By Jonathan Saul and Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) – Disagreement among nations means no carbon emissions targets have been set for international

The International Maritime Organization says it has made progress towards reducing CO2 emissions from ships with the Marine Environment Protection Committee

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – DP World’s two UK container terminals at London Gateway and Southampton are to offer shippers container weighing

By Sam Kim (Bloomberg) — North Korea will launch a long-range rocket to put a satellite in orbit this month, a United Nations agency said, in a move that

With no explicit reference to shipping in the historic climate deal unanimously adopted by almost 200 nations in Paris this weekend, it is now up to the

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is urging further support of CO2 reduction measures at the IMO regardless of the final outcome of the UN Climate

The International Maritime Organization, along with the aviation industry’s ICAO, have been mocked with the satirical “Fossil of the Day” by

  By Gavin van Marle, The Loadstar The Republic of the Marshall Islands’ (RMI) has launched a lacerating attack on the International Maritime

  International Maritime Organization Secretary General Koji Sekimizu has issued a strong call that any discussion on shipping’s contribution to global

  The International Maritime Organization is taking action to warn ship Masters about the possible dangers of bauxite liquefaction following findings from

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) says that Mr. Ki-tack Lim of the Republic of Korea has been elected as the next IMO Secretary-General. Kim is now

In honor of today’s international Day of the Seafarer celebration, the International Maritime Organization asked us share with the world what a career at

Happy Day of the Seafarer 2015! This year the International Maritime Organization is focussing on the theme maritime education. But not just formal education,

As part of an effort to draw more young people to a career at sea, the International Maritime Organization has selected the theme #CareerAtSea for the

The International Maritime Organization's Maritime Safety Committee has adopted new rules for ships powered by gases such as LNG and other low-flashpoint