IMO is supporting the Government of Nigeria in its efforts to develop a Port Community System (PCS) for electronic data exchange for its ports complex.
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The Dry Bulk Management Standard (DryBMS) helps assure ship managers of bulk carriers that they are meeting the right standards to achieve a good level of management.
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New technologies for greener shipping' is the World Maritime theme for 2022, reflecting the need to support a green transition of the maritime sector into a sustainable future, while leaving n
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The IMO considers exhaust gas scrubbers to be an acceptable means of reducing vessels’ sulphur emissions and ensuring compliance with MARPOL Annex VI. A separate guideline, Resolution MEPC.259(
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As a reminder to our readers, effective 1 January 2022, South Korea is implementing the mandatory use of 0.1% sulphur fuel or alternative means of compliance, while “navigating”, berthing and a
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The latest version of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Data Model (version 3.11.0) has been published (read more here). This version includes a new Message Implementation Guide (MIG), provi
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IMO Webinar
Regional Webinar on the Ratification and Implementation of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement on 27 January 2022.
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The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously to allow international naval forces to continue using all necessary means to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia – but only for the next thr
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BIMCO’s Documentary Committee has approved a new standard contract for security escort vessels (SEVs). The standard is a balanced contractual framework for SEVs that accompany merchant ships in
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The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) has announced the launch of a tender process (Tender No. SDM 14/2021) to reinstate a maritime passenger link between Cyprus and G
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