A Lloyd's List Intelligence study indicates that Iranian crude oil export volumes for March 2012 were one-third lower than their monthly average for 2011, potentially suggesting that sanctions imposed on the country are having an effect.
A German-owned, Antigua and Barbuda-flagged ship that had been headed for Syria changed course after learning that it was possibly carrying military equipment that the regime planned to use against dissidents.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has published a paper outlining the challenges involved in regulating the industry and offers solutions on how to reduce illicit trafficking that can result from these regulatory ambiguities.
The Paris MoU Secretary General Richard Schiferli has signed an agreement to exchange Port State Control detention statistics with Jo Espinoza-Ferry, the Director of the IMO Secretariat's Administrative Division.
A German-owned, Antigua and Barbuda-flagged ship that had been headed for Syria changed course after learning that it was possibly carrying military equipment that the regime planned to use against dissidents.
The Malta-based advisory firm 