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The French court has upheld its conviction of national oil company Total for the 1999 casualty...
Panama and Cyprus have expressed concern that proposed container weight requirements should be clarified further before being ratified.
Top flag states challenge container weighing proposal
Two...
The US is currently targeting Moldova in its latest efforts to deter Iran's development of its nuclear weapons program.
GCaptain reports:
New York-based campaigning group United Against Nuclear Iran–...
Managing director of private security firm Protection Vessels International (PVI) Eric Conway has published the paper "Calculating the Cost of Piracy," the complete text of which is as follows:
In...
Tuvalu has affirmed that it has removed all Iranian-linked vessels and companies from its registries as previously scheduled.
Earlier, this month, the country spoke out regarding revelations that it...
Maritime New Zealand has proposed a Bill that would introduce amendments to the 1994 Maritime Transport Act including implementation of three international maritime conventions and blood-alcohol...
Beijing-based Minsheng Financial Leasing is experiencing great success in the national shipping market and hopes to expand into the global trade.
A Lloyd's List feature states, "Founded in April 2008...
Maritime Professional leading commentator Joseph Keefe has drawn upon his experience to examine the effectiveness of the Paris MoU list as an indicator of flag state quality. His findings are as...
The Brazilian arm of the Argentine-based Ultrapetrol is developing its fleet of platform supply vessels (PSVs) but is reluctant to register the vessels nationally.
TradeWinds reports, "Like several...
The shipping industry encouraged flag states to adopt the IMO Ballast Water Management and ILO Maritime Labor Conventions at the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) conference held this week.
The...
