Compliance Requirements Under NORMAM-401 (Effective 2025–2026) In June 2025, the Directorate of Ports and Coasts (DPC) of the Brazilian Navy issued Ordinance DPC/DGN/MB No. 180/25 approving the first revision of…
Liberia issued Marine Notice SAF-010, 02/2026 superseding Marine Notice SAF-010, dated 01/23. This Notice provides guidance to vessel owners, operators and managers in the development and approval of Ship Structural…
Maritime Cook Islands (MCI), the Cook Islands Ship Registry, is issuing a formal correction to address significant factual omissions and the misleading narrative presented in a recent report by Radio…
IMO Secretariat submitted documents to LEG 113 listing fraudulently registered ships verified by the individual States with S&P Global. The number of ships flying a false flag has increased since…
Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response agrees on updated draft 2026 Strategy and Action Plan on Marine Litter. The International Maritime Organization’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response has agreed…
Sr Lawrence Seaway System issued its first advisory of 2026, No 01/2026 advising the navigation season and the maximum draft in 2026. The opening of the 2026 navigation season is…
OCIMF has released a Information Paper as Guidelines for Large Ships Transiting the Danish Straits through the Great Belt. There has been an increased flow of large ships carrying hydrocarbon…
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has been informed of a fire in the engine room onboard the Singapore-registered bulk carrier MANDY off the coast of China. The…
On 6 February 2026 in Tokyo Bay, Yokohama, the bunkering operation took place onboard Kohzan Maru VII, with the bunkering vessel Eika Maru, using domestically produced bio-methanol supplied by Mitsubishi…
IMO Released supplement to SOLAS incorporating amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS) were adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) at its…
