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…
IMO released amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL) were adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at its eighty-first session by…
February 16, 2026 (the 29th day of the Lunar New Year), the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center successfully rescued a seriously ill foreign crew member on the oil…
Mumbai, India – Leading maritime and human rights organisations have issued a strong warning to Indian seafarers about the growing threat of recruitment fraud during the ITF Milaap 2026 Seafarers’…
