Regulation

IMO has launched a video showing a practical training exercise for Port State Control on ballast water sampling and analysis.

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has confirmed that the tonnage requirements for the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention have not been met.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has vowed to continue work towards stronger carbon reduction measures after shipping escaped mention in the ‘Paris Agreement’ forged at COP21 of the United Nation Framework Convention…

The Ballast Water Management Convention will come into force on 24 November 2016 if Indonesias ratification means that signatories represent the required 35% of global tonnage.

As the European Union regulation on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of CO2 emissions from ships progresses, five stakeholders discuss the challenges ahead.