Autonomous shipping needs global rules

Autonomous vessels have become a recurrent theme in shipping debates in recent years but the focus has to turn to regulations to bring the topic forward, Dualog ceo Morten Lind-Olsen says.

IRClass releases Rules for LNG Fuelled Coastal and Inland Vessels and Rules for Pleasure Crafts

Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has released Rules for LNG fuelled coastal and inland vessels in addition ...

New Bureau Veritas rules support hybrid power and energy storage systems

Bureau Veritas has issued a new chapter in its rules providing a framework for electric and hybrid power...

Shipowner Who Tried to Skirt Club Rules Runs Aground in Court

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently issued a decision finding that a...

Oil Spread That Rules Trading Flow Seen Aiding OPEC’s Rivals

A crude-price spread that rules over the flow of supply to the world’s biggest oil market will probably favor producers outside the Middle East at least until OPEC meets next month.

EU sets new rules on GRIs in settlement in box line price-fixing probe

The EU has ruled that container lines cannot be make general rate increases (GRIs) more than 31 days in advance, with companies bound by the maximum rate level for period of announcement. ...

ClassNK releases draft amendments to container ship rules

Two and a half years after the MOL Comfort split in half, burst into flames and sank, ClassNK has released its draft amendments to its containership structural requirements. ...