• French Court Upholds Ruling Against State-Owned Company
    [caption id="" align="alignright" width="269" caption="The Erika. (C) Agence French Presse."][/caption] The French court has upheld its conviction of national oil company Total for the 1999 casualty...
    September 26, 2012
    By: Anonymous
  • Panama, Cyprus Concerned over Weighing Proposals
    Panama and Cyprus have expressed concern that proposed container weight requirements should be clarified further before being ratified. Top flag states challenge container weighing proposal Two...
    September 25, 2012
    By: Anonymous
  • US Continues Iranian Clampdown
    The US is currently targeting Moldova in its latest efforts to deter Iran's development of its nuclear weapons program. GCaptain reports: New York-based campaigning group United Against Nuclear Iran–...
    September 24, 2012
    By: Anonymous
  • Private Security Firm Calculates Economic Cost of Piracy
    Managing director of  private security firm Protection Vessels International (PVI) Eric Conway has published the paper "Calculating the Cost of Piracy," the complete text of which is as follows: In...
    September 21, 2012
    By: Anonymous
  • Tuvalu Completes Iranian Vessel and Company Delistings
    Tuvalu has affirmed that it has removed all Iranian-linked vessels and companies from its registries as previously scheduled. Earlier, this month, the country spoke out regarding revelations that it...
    September 21, 2012
    By: Anonymous
  • New Zealand to Amend Maritime Transport Act
    Maritime New Zealand has proposed a Bill that would introduce amendments to the 1994 Maritime Transport Act including implementation of three international maritime conventions and blood-alcohol...
    September 20, 2012
    By: Anonymous
  • Chinese Leasing Company Hopes to Expand into Global Market
    Beijing-based Minsheng Financial Leasing is experiencing great success in the national shipping market and hopes to expand into the global trade. A Lloyd's List feature states, "Founded in April 2008...
    September 19, 2012
    By: Anonymous
  • Maritime Commentator Cites Fleet Age as Factor in Paris MoU Placement
    Maritime Professional leading commentator Joseph Keefe has drawn upon his experience to examine the effectiveness of the Paris MoU list as an indicator of flag state quality. His findings are as...
    September 18, 2012
    By: Anonymous
  • Ultrapetrol's Brazilian Office Hesitant to Flag-in PSVs
    The Brazilian arm of the Argentine-based Ultrapetrol is developing its fleet of platform supply vessels (PSVs) but is reluctant to register the vessels nationally. TradeWinds  reports, "Like several...
    September 17, 2012
    By: Anonymous
  • ICS Conference Addresses Ballast Water Management, Maritime Labor Conventions
    The shipping industry encouraged flag states to adopt the IMO Ballast Water Management and ILO Maritime Labor Conventions at the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) conference held this week. The...
    September 14, 2012
    By: Anonymous