Shipping industry advising firm Moore Stephens has recommended shipowners collectively request that the United Kingdom grant a new window of opportunity to elect into the tonnage tax system. The firm...
The Deepwater Horizon accident has fostered international dialogue regarding maritime policy, particularly related to flag regulations, as the ISRR has reported. The ISRR spoke with Clay Maitland,...
The Paris MOU on Port State Control's 2009 Annual Report, released last month, provides the maritime community with updated white, grey, and black lists, classifying flag states according to...
The ISRR staff recently spoke with Laura Sherman, deputy director of maritime affairs for the Marshall Islands Registry, regarding UN Sanctions on Iran and the Deepwater Horizon, flagged in their...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="440" caption="The Deepwater Horizon, prior to the disaster. Image courtesy of www.tradewinds.no"][/caption]
The two months since the Deepwater Horizon oil...
June has been a busy month for the maritime world with conventions taking place from Greece to New York.
As the OGSR previously reported, Posidonia took place June 7-11, 2010, and was attended by...
Among the many connections forged at Posidonia last week was the Jamaica Ship Registry's signing of Greek marketing agency Adora Investments as its representative in the Greek shipping market.
Bert...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="190" caption="The Iranian-flagged Mufateh, top, renamed the Amplify and reflagged in Hong Kong, bottom. Top photo: Chris Perkins (IHS Fairplay). Bottom photo...
Registry officials from around the world traveled to Posidonia 2010, Europe's largest annual maritime conference which took place in Piraeus, Greece last week, June 7th-11th.
Malta, the Cayman...
Panama has been promoted to the Paris MoU grey list of flag states after two years on the black list.
Panama is the largest flag state in terms of fleet size and gross tonnage and is considered a...
