Panama Registry Guidelines for CSR
Panama Maritime Authority has developed the CSR guide, for easy reference of our users. In this guide one can find the requirements and fee according to the CSR requested. The…
UANI Alleges Panama Flag for Sanctions Evasion, PMA Rejects the Allegation
United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) on 30th June renewed calls for Panama to immediately cease facilitating Iran’s illicit oil trade. Panama’s brazen efforts to gloss over its longstanding support of…
Black Sea MOU: Report of the 2024 CIC on MLC
Black Sea MOU released the report in CIC Crew Wages and Seafarer Employment Agreement under theMaritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) conducted from 1 September 2024 to 30 November 2024. A…
Black Sea MOU: Annual Report 2024
BSMOU released the twenty-fourth edition of the Annual Report on Port State Control in the Black Sea region which is published under the auspices of the Port State Control Committee…
M/V “VERA ROSE”, IMO no. 9114696 Refused Access to the Paris MoU Region
M/V Vera Rose was detained in Constanta (Romania) on 21 May 2025. The ship flies the flag of St. Kitts and Nevis, which is grey on the current Paris MoU…
Panama Flag Alerts Vessels for Ras Isa Port
Panama Maritime Authority issued marine notice 03/2025 advising all Panamanian-flagged vessels operating near or intending to call at Ras Isa Port, Yemen, of the serious operational, legal, and security risks…
Revised Underwater Survey Guidelines for US Flag Vessels
The U.S. Coast Guard has released NVIC 01-89 Change 1, providing updated guidance for underwater surveys on U.S.-flagged vessels. This revision streamlines the regulatory framework to reduce costs and increases…
ITF Predicts 2025 Will Shatter Seafarers Abandonment Record of 2024
New figures released by the ITF reveal that vessel abandonments have surged nearly 33% year on year. By May this year, 158 cases of vessel abandonment had been recorded, up…
India Issues Guidelines for HKC 2009
The HKC has now met the required criteria for its entry into force and shall come into effect on 26th June 2025. Pursuant to this: For Indian-flagged ships already issued…
St Lawrence Seaways: Precaution While Watering Deck
St Lawrence Seaways Authority has issued notice 12/2025 advicing precaution while vessels are watering the deck. With warmer temperatures, ships are taking precautions to reduce hogging conditions by running cool…