Month: September 2017

Mr Giles Candy, Business Development, Environcleanse, discusses the biggest challenges that industry should pay attention for effective implementation of the BWM Convention which entered into force on September 8th Mr. Candy encourages operators to focus on accurate information, never make plans at last minute, use a successful BWTS which impacts vessel operations as little as possible and choose systems which… Read more →

Credit: Paris MoU The Paris MoU is pleased to announce that this year marks the 35th anniversary when the Memorandum on Port State Control was signed by 14 countries and has produced an infographic to illustrate major milestones accomplished over these years. The Paris MoU was established in 1982 and since then, the agreement has expanded to 27 members. ”What… Read more →

By Wendy Laursen 2017-08-25 16:21:23 (This article was originally published in the 2017 July/August edition) INTERNATIONAL SHIP REGISTRIES have never quite managed to rid themselves of the label “flag of convenience.” The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has worked for over a decade conducting inspections and promoting collective bargaining agreements for seafarers’ wages as part of its “Flag of Convenience”… Read more →

Speaking at this week’s IUMI 2017 conference in Tokyo, international marine and engineering consultancy and survey company LOC Group called for greater clarity from the IMO to better manage maritime casualties. Captain Jonathan Walker, a consultant from LOC’s Singapore office, said “We would like to see IMO develop a Marine Investigation Code to govern shipping accidents. It should be completely… Read more →

Kitack Lim on Nadezhda By MarEx 2017-09-20 19:58:25 Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of the IMO, made a formal visit to Russia September 16-20, his first visit to the Russian Federation since he was elected Secretary-General in 2015. Lim met with top officials of the Transport Ministry to discuss greenhouse gas emissions and the sulfur emission requirements due to come into effect… Read more →

Amendments of 2016 to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) were approved by the delegates at the 105th annual meeting of the International Labour Conference overwhelmingly voted in favour of further amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, in order to better protect seafarers against shipboard harassment and bullying and to allow for an extension of the… Read more →

  By MarEx 2017-09-09 02:31:04 The IMO has released a video explaining the Ballast Water Management Convention which entered into force on September 8. The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments  requires ships to manage their ballast water to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of aquatic organisms and pathogens… Read more →

Danish Shipping launches a new guide regarding the implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention, which will enter into force on 8 September 2017. The Little Blue Book on Ballast Water can be downloaded here. The Little Blue Book on Ballast Water In a few days, the Ballast Water Management Convention will enter into force. In future all new built… Read more →