IMO: Updated National Contact Points, 30th Apr 2025
MO has released updated List of National Operational Contact Points dated 30th Apr 2025. This information is provided to enable compliance with regulation 37 of MARPOL Annex I which, inter…
UKHO: Updated Harbour Master Guide to Hydrographic and Maritime Information
UKHO has update the guide for Harbour Master for hydrographic and maritime information. This is the fourth edition of the guide and supports harbour masters and port professionals in submitting…
Panama Rolls Out its First Electronic Vessel Registry (REN) Phase
The management and procedures related to vessel registration in Panama will take a qualitative leap toward modernization and efficiency in less than a week. In a move of great significance…
Drone Attack on Vessel Carrying Humanitarian Aid for Gaza in Mediterranean
According to reports, ferry Conscience (IMO: 7211440, 1029 gt, built 1971), part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza, reportedly came under drone attack in international waters…
Guidance Note on IMO’s Net-Zero Framework and GFI-Based Measure by India
In continuation of India’s active engagement at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and following the approval of the Greenhouse Gas Fuel Intensity (GFI)-based compliance measure at MEPC 83 under MARPOL…
MPA: Singapore Port Information 2025 (Updated 01st May 2025)
The publication contains quality colour chartlets, showing important maritime information in the Singapore Port Waters as well as the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. The publication is a compendium of…
Vanuatu Flag Restrictions for Navigating in Georgian Territorial Waters
Vanuatu Flag has issued circular on their policy on territorial waters of Georgia inline with International maritime law and territorial sovereignty. Vanuatu flag vessels are mandated to operate in adherence…
M/V “CELINA”, IMO No. 9119074 Banned in Paris MoU Region
M/V Celina was detained in port Ravenna (Italy) on 27 March 2025, left the port on 5 April 2025 but failed to call at the repair yard in Yalova (Türkiye)…
Tokyo MOU: 2024 Annual Report on PSC
Tokyo MOU Secretariat released Annual Report on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region 2024. The Annual Report is available only in digital version from this year onwards.In 2024, member…
Mediterranean Sea becomes a SOx ECA from 1 May 2025
From today, amendments to MARPOL Annex VI Regulation 14.3.5, as amended by IMO Resolution MEPC.361(79), will prohibit ships operating within the Mediterranean Sea ECA from using fuel oils with a…