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  • Current Top Flags of Registry statistics to be published by MARAD within the Month
    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...
    January 29, 2015
    By: shipregistries
  • Greece to expand tax burdens following Sunday’s Syriza election victory
      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...
    January 28, 2015
    By: shipregistries
  • 113th IMO Council session considers relieving flag owners’ administrative burdens
    The International Maritime Organization convened on December 3rd, 2014 to discuss an IMO Assembly resolution providing recommendations to overhaul ineffective international ship registry policy....
    January 26, 2015
    By: shipregistries
  • SKANReg Changes its Regulations to Boost Yachting Participation
    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...
    January 23, 2015
    By: shipregistries
  • On Sen. McCain’s (R-Arizona) Keystone XL Amendment for the repeal of the Jones Act’s domestic-build clause
    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...
    January 21, 2015
    By: shipregistries
  • The Goal "Deterrence" - EPA Releases Policy on Penalties for Violating the New Sulfur in Fuel Standard
    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...
    January 20, 2015
    By: mhanson
  • Liberia is a party to the Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention
    PRESS RELEASE 01/15                                                  ...
    January 15, 2015
    By: mhanson
  • Wrecks Convention (2007) enters into force 14 April 2015
    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...
    January 09, 2015
    By: mhanson
  • Cook Islands accedes to Wreck Removal treaty
    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, ...
    January 08, 2015
    By: mhanson
  • Shipping needs can-do attitude in 2015
    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...
    January 07, 2015
    By: mhanson
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