Malcolm Jamieson, Marine Officer for the Falkland Islands and manager of the Falkland Islands ship registry, spoke with the ISRR about his experiences overseeing a predominantly local registry and...
German owners have expressed concern over the need to increase the number of vessels registered with European flag states in order to benefit from tonnage-tax policies.
The European Union requires...
Today begins the International Trade Federation's second week of inspections of vessels that call on ports in Mumbai, Kandla, New Mangalore, Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata and Haldia.
The...
Pakistan will incorporate four additional vessels into its fleet in the coming year in order to develop the country's economy, according to Federal Minister of Ports and Shipping Senator Babar Ghauri...
Liberia has been re-elected to the IMO Council for the 2012-2013 year, an organization it belonged to most recently in 1997. Our contacts at the Liberian registry shared their news with us in the...
Seafarer training programs in Finland are flourishing as a result of tertiary education reforms implemented ten years ago.
Finland has two tracks for students interested in becoming crew members -...
The latest development in Turkish-Cypriot relations has Turkey considering an trade relationship with Cyprus based on the China-Taiwan model.
In other words, Turkey would lift its embargo on Cypriot...
Greece's new administration is adopting economic policies that will encourage development of the maritime sector.
The country had considered implementing a tax on shipping to bolster the economy, but...
Following our article about a UK Parliament member advocating for Turkey to lift its ban on Cyprus-flagged vessels, the OGSR reached out to the Cyprus registry for further information on the...
Dutch shipowner Seatrade Groningen has begun to remove vessels that trade in areas at high-risk for piracy from the national flag as a result of the registry's ban on armed guards.
The Netherlands is...
