In September, this year – after ratification by 53 Contracting Governments (representing 53.28% of the world tonnage – the IMO (International Maritime Organization) Convent...[详细]
Finland and China are scheduled to join The Nairobi International Convention On The Removal of Wrecks starting from January 27 and February 11, 2017, respectively.[详细]
The IMO’s International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (the “Convention”) will enter into force on 8 September 2017. [详细]
Reference is made to the Circular No 2016/016 (here) which informed Members of the amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 which will enter into force on 18 January...[详细]
Fiji yesterday signed six treaties of the IMO, including the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention where it became the 49th state to do so. ...[详细]
Belgium has become the 48th nation to sign the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, bringing the total amount of entered tonnage to 34.82%, tantalisingly short of the 3...[详细]
Late Friday last week brought the news that the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention had now entered its 12th year without being ratified, that despite promise that it w...[详细]
After nearly two months of uncertainty it is now clear the IMO’s Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention will not be coming into force in 2016. ...[详细]
Confirmation of entry into force of the Ballast Water Management Convention is not now expected till early 2016 despite a flurry of ratifications in late November. ...[详细]
Indonesia has today become the latest country to ratify the IMO’s Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, potentially triggering entry into force of the new regulation in...[详细]
Speaking at the ICS International Shipping Conference, IMO Secretary General Koji Sekimizu today repeasted his call for the ICS and the shipping industry in general to encour...[详细]
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) says that the number of Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) related problems found by its inspectors increased last year. ...[详细]
The Indian government has recently approved the country’s proposal to ratify the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage. ....[详细]
At a summit on ballast water management last week in Athens the discussions can be summed up in four words, \"certainty, challenge, cost, confusion\". ...[详细]