The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) generally intends to publish a report on top flags of registry by gross tonnage annually. These reports also include a breakdown of tonnage by ship type...
Yesterday, following its election victory and rise to power in Greek government, the left-wing party Syriza announced its intention to abolish some tax breaks for Greek ship owners1. A...
The International Maritime Organization convened on December 3rd, 2014 to discuss an IMO Assembly resolution providing recommendations to overhaul ineffective international ship registry policy....
On January 9th, the St. Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry (SKANReg) announced its plans to overhaul legislation and provide numerous additional incentives for yacht owners to flag their...
The shipping media has reacted powerfully to an amendment to the Keystone XL Pipeline bill offered by Senator John McCain, which calls for the repeal of the domestic-build clause set forth by the...
Typical EPA regulatory policy - maker a policy so convoluted that just about any penalty can be imposed. To quote a bit of the introduction to the policy:
Like the EPA’s other penalty...
PRESS RELEASE 01/15 ...
Our friends at the UK Maritime & Coast Guard Agency have issued a very useful Marine Information Note providing details about the convention and how to obtain the required certificate for UK flag...
From the IMO website
08/01/2015 The Cook Islands has acceded to the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007. His Excellency Captain Ian Finley, ...
The following from the opening paragraph of our friends at Moore Stephens Winter 2015 newsletter Bottom Line says it all.
To paraphrase an old adage, shipping goes into 2015 needing to accept the...
