Safety & Regulations

Japanese shipping company NYK has completed a new concept for a ship's bridge and employed it on a large container ship.

Scorpio Group will install 100 hybrid-ready scrubbers across its fleet of 56 bulkers and 109 tankers, favoring the larger vessels within each group, chief operating officer Cameron Mackey said.

Class society ClassNK is urging shipowners to begin the process of installing ballast water treatment systems on their existing vessels soon.

In a decision published Friday, the Trump administration's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced that it is eliminating certain offshore safety regulations

Despite the different solutions available for the industry to comply with the impending 2020 Sulphur Cap, there is still no consensus from the industry on which works best for the long-run.

The 5th session of IMO's Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC), held on 10-14 September 2018, addressed key shipping safety issues related to dangerous cargo.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will not delay implementing a reduction in the amount of sulphur in marine fuel in 2020, officials with the UN’s shipping agency said on Tuesday.

In early September, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), released a report, which had been written in response to a request from legislator,

Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has followed its alliance partner Maersk Line in announcing a new fuel surcharge from 1 January 2019 to take into account the additional cost of the IMO’s 0.5% global sulphur cap from the start of 2020.

The Panama Maritime Authority has revoked the registration of the search and rescue ship 'Aquarius 2',

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is expecting “by far” the majority of the world’s fleet to comply with its tighter sulfur emission standards in 2020

In its report for 2018, K Line describes its plan to comply with the 2020 sulphur cap regulation.