Earlier in 2015, Team Tankers International simultaneously registered of its vessels with the Bermuda Shipping Registry, according to a news source in Bermuda.  There were several possible...
The size of the Marshall Islands fleet tells a Cinderella story about one of the most modern open registries in the world today, Clay Maitland’s International Registries Inc. (IRI). According...
Having recently retired as president of Genco Shipping & Trading, Gerry is taking on a new and different career. We wish hall the best. From the LISCR press release: As the recently retired...
Over the past decade, the Nigerian government has committed to two initiatives aimed at strengthening the nation’s maritime sector, one for its local seafarers and the other for its commercial...
This month, the International Chamber of Shipping released its annual Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table for the fiscal year 2014/15.  It is available at the link below: http://www....
Last month, the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Register (LISCR) became the first major ship registry to ratify the 2007 Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention (WRC), which is set to go into...
Last week, the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) approved Seagull Maritime Security’s security program for its employees, granting them approval for offering a suite of computer-based, on-board...
When the most recent barrage of pirate attacks and hijackings on commercial vessels began at choke points in and around the Arabian Sea several years ago, ship owners sought to beef up on-board...
Last week, the Senate approved and passed the Keystone XL bill with a suite of amendments.  Sen. John McCain’s (R-Arizona) amendment to repeal the built-in-America provision of the Jones...
Yesterday, the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR) announced a new sustainability program that will relieve a portion of ship owners’ tonnage tax burdens upon...