September 13, 2023
The purpose of this Merchant Marine Circular is to implement additional assessment requirements to decrease the detention numbers of vessels calling in PARIS MOU ports that […]
September 12, 2023
The purpose of this Merchant Marine Circular is to inform that the Republic of Panama has welcomed the use of the Guidelines for the use of […]
August 31, 2023
The purpose of this Merchant Marine Circular is to inform that the Republic of Panama submitted to the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, the […]
August 30, 2023
This Merchant Marine Circular supersedes and compiles MMC-228; MMC-231; MMC234; MMC-286 and MMC-306. The purpose of this circular is to listed the private security companies authorized […]
August 29, 2023
Merchant Marine Circular 69 replaces and compile: MMC-45, MMC-89 and MMC- 109. The purpose of this Merchant Marine Circular is to inform to all Recognized Organizations […]
August 8, 2023
The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has issued a new order, DGS Order No. 09 of 2023, reiterating the ban on using Thuraya, Iridium, and other […]
August 1, 2023
Over the past two decades, the MARPOL Convention and its Annexes have undergone amendments to impose stricter restrictions and prohibitions on waste discharges from ships at […]
July 31, 2023
The 80th session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) adopted a revised GHG Strategy. The revised strategy aims to significantly curb GHG emissions […]
July 28, 2023
From 1 January 2023, it is mandatory for all ships to collect emissions data for reporting their annual operational CII and CII rating. This statutory news […]
July 3, 2023
The MEPC.107(49) requires a sampling point to be installed in a vertical section of the outlet pipe as close as possible to the 15 ppm bilge […]
June 28, 2023
Bangladesh and Liberia trigger entry into force of Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships. The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe […]
June 18, 2023
The ICS Maritime Barometer is the first full-scale annual survey of risk and confidence among maritime leaders. More than 130 decision makers, half of them shipowners […]
June 5, 2023
Main Engine Damage is an expensive category of damage that is all too frequent. Statistically a vessel will suffer between one and two incidences of main […]
June 1, 2023
Cargo contamination claims are the most frequent and costly type of claim that tankers experience. Subsequently, the cargo samples taken throughout cargo operations are a fundamental […]
May 10, 2023
To prevent and control pollution from ships in the Yangtze River, the Shanghai Municipality and Jiangsu Province have enforced new regulations which came into effect from […]