May 2018

IMO article praising women in the maritime industry:

After 14 years of false dawns, the IMO set the clock ticking on compliance after confirming the approval for BWMS, writes Olli Somerkallio

The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee in April attracted an unusual level of scrutiny from the global media, with the regulator agreeing to cut shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions to 50% of their 2008 levels by 2050.

5/21/2018 Credit: International Chamber of Shipping - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) fears ‘chaos and confusion’ unless the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) urgently resolves some serious issues concerning the successful implementation of the 0.5 percent sulphur in marine fuel cap, which is scheduled to come into effect globally overnight on 1 January 2020.&

_{BOEM today announced the agency will now accept comments through July 5, 2018 regarding its proposed path forward for offshore renewable energy leasing on the Atlantic.}