The International Maritime Organization has expressed commitment to developing a new Code of Conduct to further address and prevent issues of piracy in west and central Africa.
The Code was adopted...
The following editorial by industry commentator Dennis Bryant originally posted in the February 2013 issue of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News. We feel it well outlines the requirements of the...
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) is soliciting suggestions for its second draft of Common Structural Rules (CSR) to be applied all vessels surveyed by IACS members....
The Australian Logisitics Council says the newly introduced cabotage regime reduces the industry's competitiveness.
Fairplay reports:
Australia's new cabotage regime reduces competition and...
The State of Hawaii is requesting exemption from Jones Act US Build requirements for itself and all noncontiguous trade regions of the United States (Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico).
The requests have...
Both the Cyprus Department of Merchant Shipping and Shipping Chamber have issued statements affirming they will remain open for business despite public questions raised by the state's current...
Nigerian shipowning companies have found themselves struggling to secure funding in recent years.
The primary reasons for this stagnation include a lack of jobs available and an inability to enforce...
Maritime New Zealand's recent reflagging of a foreign-chartered vessel into its registry demonstrates the system's efficiency.
The registry incorporated the Ukranian FV Mainstream, previously...
The EU has agreed to bail out its member state of Cyprus in a deal reached this past Monday.
Finance ministers from the 17 member states within the Euro zone approved to a bailout package that will...
The following article by Captain Bally Duggal of Sanko Kisen Corporation originally appeared in the February 2013 edition of the Connecticut Maritime Association Newsletter. Thank you Captain Duggal...
