24 maritime news articles about IMO
Home Publications Articles NAVAREA Warning: Live Firing Exercise, Strait of Hormuz NAVAREA Warning: Live Firing Exercise, Strait of Hormuz Military Exercises impacting Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) Security Notes Published: January 30, 2026 Download article pdf Members are advised that Iranian authorities have issued
With stringent decarbonisation regulations already in force within the EU/EEA, the European authorities are now focusing on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships sailing in EU/EEA waters and on the GHG intensity of the fuels burnt on board. Once the measures of the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions f
Home Publications Articles Navigating the Risks Behind Alternative Fuels Navigating the Risks Behind Alternative Fuels The IMO’s 2023 GHG Strategy pushes shipping toward net-zero by 2050 through alternative fuels, balancing emissions reductions against safety, operational and commercial challenges. Risk alerts Gilmark
Background We refer Members to Circular [.. ] on the 2008 amendments to Annex VI of the IMO’s International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Sh...
Charterer’s potential exposure and liability for situations involving stowaways. Image credit to: Denys Yelmanov / Shutterstock.
Skuld is proud to have participated in the Green Shipping Program (GSP) pilot study, "Every stone must be turned. Nuclear power cannot be excluded.
The comprehensive strategy to achieve climate neutrality in shipping, focusing on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), aims to reduce GHG emissions from international shipping and phase them out as soon as possible.
Home Publications Articles Operation of BWMS in Challenging Water Quality (CWQ) Operation of BWMS in Challenging Water Quality (CWQ) Loss Prevention Steamship Mutual Published: July 09, 2024 Contact author Download article pdf Club would like to bring to the attention of Members that the IMO has issued the RESOLUTION M
Home Publications Articles HFO ban in the Arctic Waters – 1st July 2024 HFO ban in the Arctic Waters – 1st July 2024 Loss Prevention Steamship Mutual Published: May 15, 2024 Contact author Download article pdf Prohibition on the use and carriage for use as fuel of heavy fuel oil by ships in Arctic waters. Amend
The IMO has adopted a new voluntary speed restriction scheme in the North-West Mediterranean Sea to protect local whale populations. This area is also marked on the newly released global whale chart aimed at helping seafarers in planning their voyages to reduce the risk of vessel-whale collisions.
Home Publications Articles North West Mediterranean Sea - Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (NW Med PSSA) North West Mediterranean Sea - Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (NW Med PSSA) Loss Prevention Steamship Mutual Published: November 20, 2023 Contact author Download article pdf The Club wish to bring to Member’s attent
A challenge for shipowners and their insurers engaged in international trade is to ensure that a common set of guidelines or standards for ship related liabilities apply across the different trading nations. Several IMO liability and compensation conventions require the shipowner and their insurers to accept strict li
Having been adopted by the IMO, the Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area for sulphur oxides and particulate matter is set to come into effect on 1 May 2025.
IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) rating system for vessels is coming into force next year. It will be used to assess the efficiency with which a ship operates in terms of its CO2 emissions.
The IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) rating system for vessels is coming into force next year. It will be used to assess the efficiency with which a ship operates.
MARPOL Annex VI regulations were written for petroleum derived fuels but also apply to biofuels. It has been a challenge to meet the regulatory requirement to demonstrate that biofuels do not “cause an engine to exceed the applicable NOx emission limit”.
Credit to: donvictorio / Shutterstock. com In this issue of the Skuld Charterer, Skuld will be looking into liability issues arising in connection with misdeclared container cargoes from a charterer's perspective.
The IMO Pollution Prevention and Response Sub-Committee (PPR) will meet on 4-8 April. Proposals to regulate the carriage of pre-production plastic pellets, so called “nurdles”, are on the agenda.
The deadline for compliance with the IMO’s Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) is looming. Are charterparties flexible enough for the transition phase?
International shipping emits 2-3 per cent of global GHG emissions whilst transporting close to 80 per cent of global trade by volume. The IMO target for reduction of GHG emissions from shipping is a 50 per cent reduction from a 2008 baseline by 2050.
Today, 30 September 2021, we join with IMO and the global maritime community to commemorate the annual World Maritime Day, with a focus on this year's theme: "Seafarers: At the core of shipping's future".
psc, sewage, singapore, ports, environment Home Publications Articles SINGAPORE: PSC Detentions for Defects of Sewage Treatment Plant SINGAPORE: PSC Detentions for Defects of Sewage Treatment Plant Publications Steamship Mutual Published: May 02, 2019 Contact author Download article pdf Image Club corresp
Circular issued by International Group clubs Members are referred to previous circulars ending with the circular dated 27 May 2013 on the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 and to the information contained in the Insight section of this website. The MLC entered into force on 20 August 2013.
The Wreck Removal Convention 2007 will enter into force on 14 April 2015 following the recent ratification by Denmark which triggers the entry into force provisions in the Convention. The Convention contains a compulsory insurance regime based upon the system which is familiar from other IMO Liability Conventions, inc