Reminder - Application of the Bunkers Convention in Australia
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority issued Marine Notice 6/2016 reminding owners and managers of ships of more than 1000 gross tonnage arriving at or leaving an Australian port or offshore...
IMF Wants A Shipping Carbon Tax
While the shipping industry is in a state of chaos the International Monetary Fund (IMF), responding to the December 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, proposes to bleed the industry just a...
Malta: Guidance To Registered Owners And Management Companies...
From our Friends at Ganado Associates (By Rachel Genovese and Jotham Scerri-Diacono) 01/06/2016 Malta: Guidance To Registered Owners And Management Companies On The Filing Of International Safety...
Liberia - 2016 Fees Remain Unchanged
Source: Liberian Corporate Registry 01/15/2016 This is to confirm that the Corporate Registry fees remain unchanged for 2016. In order to obtain a current price list for our Registry’s services...
Criteria for entry into force of BWM Convention not yet reached - further ratifications needed
Source: International Maritime Organization 01-15-2016 Insufficient tonnage to trigger entry into force despite recent ratifications Following the spate of ratifications in November 2015 of the...
Greece wants ‘stable and permanent’ shipping industry, says Dritsas
Source: Lloyd's List 01-14-2016 By Nigel Lowry Shipping minister says policy cannot be solely subject to market rules, while Chamber of Shipping underlines need for competitiveness GREECE’s...
UK Updates Ports Pre-arrival Notification Procedure
Guidance about the information which ships intending to enter a UK port must provide before arriving and being granted entry from the UK Department for Transport, Maritime & Land Transport...
Statutory requirements, mandatory audits and other amendments that entered into force on 1 January 2016
Maritime Cyprus Maritime News Blog http://maritimecyprus.com/2016/01/05/statutory-requirements-mandatory-audits-and-other-amendments-that-entered-into-force-on-1-january-2016/ A number of important...
Guide for Tankers Against Piracy and Armed Robbery Involving Oil Cargo Theft
Maritime Cyprus Maritime News Blog http://maritimecyprus.com/2016/01/07/new-guide-for-tankers-against-piracy-and-armed-robbery-involving-oil-cargo-theft/  ReCAAP ISC, in collaboration with the...
Marshall Island plan for improved PMSCs
December 11, 2015 by Richard Thomas https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/marshall-islands-pmsc-iso-ruling/  Members of the private maritime security (PMS) industry welcomed the decision...