• South Korean Destroyer Approaches Hijacked Vessel
    [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="250" caption="Samho Dream: Image from www.tradewinds.no"][/caption] A South Korean Naval Destroyer is within 30 miles of the South Korean Samho Dream, a...
    April 06, 2010
    By: Anonymous
  • IMO Adopts North American Emission Control Area
    An emission control zone Canada and the United States advocated surrounding their coastlines has recently been adopted by the International Maritime Organization. The new legislation mandates that...
    April 05, 2010
    By: Anonymous
  • Review Update: MEPC Meeting
    The much-anticipated Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting last week achieved less progress in greenhouse gas emissions regulations than European countries had hoped. As previously...
    March 30, 2010
    By: Anonymous
  • Review Update: Finnish Strike Ends, Cargo Build Up Remains
    The Finnish dock workers strike earlier this month ended on Friday, March 19th, however, its impact remains. The Finnish transport worker's union AKT had been in disagreement with port...
    March 30, 2010
    By: Anonymous
  • Registries a major presence at Shipping 2010
    [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="347" caption="The Bahamas Maritime Authority CMA Booth. Photo courtesy of Shelley Cryan of the Stamford Advocate."][/caption] Members of some of the world'...
    March 29, 2010
    By: Anonymous
  • Connecticut Conference Attracts Maritime Leaders
    Leaders in the shipping industry, including representatives from several registries, met in Stamford, CT last week for the Connecticut Maritime Association's annual convention. Attendees of the "...
    March 29, 2010
    By: Anonymous
  • Marshall Islands Quality Council holds November meeting
    Last November, the Marshall Islands Quality Council (MIQC) hosted its highest attended meeting in Hamburg, Germany. Participants at the meeting discussed issues the Registry and shipping industry...
    March 18, 2010
    By: Anonymous
  • Review Update: Milford Haven Strike Averted
    The Unite trade union has reached agreements with port Milford Haven regarding pension dues, eliminating the need for a strike the union had threatened to implement last month. Union members told the...
    March 16, 2010
    By: Anonymous
  • Hong Kong Registry Under Fire
    The Hong Kong Marine Department is strengthening its safety regulations after receiving criticism from its accident-investigation committee for registering a substandard ship. The accident-...
    March 15, 2010
    By: Anonymous
  • Review Update: The IMO and the EU
    IMO secretary general Efthimios Mitropoulos has asked for a meeting with the EU's climate action commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, prior the organizations' scheduled meeting on shipping emissions...
    March 12, 2010
    By: Anonymous