Norwegian tanker company Odfjell plans to flag five of its ships with the Norwegian International Shipping Register to show national support for the registry.
CEO Jan Hammer said the company re-...
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Canadian and Jamaican security officials met in Kingston this...
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Eight Pacific Island nations have joined forces to preserve the tuna population in the region, closing off 4.5...
Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong have developed into a triumvirate of Asian shipping power centers, each with different strengths to offer the market.
Singapore boasts a culture conducive to free...
The Somali pirates who captured the South Korean VLCC Samho Dream earlier this month threatened to explode the vessel last Wednesday, April 21, unless they receive a $20 million ransom payment.
While...
Box carrier TS Lines has expressed interest in forming a company in Taiwan and registering some of its vessels there.
While TS Lines did not explain why it wanted to expand, some industry members...
Italy's classification society Rina has accumulated a record-breaking fleet size of 3,900 vessels equaling 27 million gross tons, in large part due to its business success with Chinese companies this...
DNV has helped Indian energy firm Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) develop a safe, environmentally sound natural gas exploration and production program.
RIL will be exploring the KG-D6 region of...
The ISRR's latest post addressed Iran's evasion of US sanctions through renaming its vessels and transferring their ownership to other countries. We thank the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms...
The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms control issued a communique earlier this month exposing Iran as abusing the open registry system.
The US Treasury implemented sanctions against the Islamic...
