To enhance service delivery in response to requests from maritime industry partners, on September 26, 2025 the Marine Safety Center (MSC) issued guidance on preparing and submitting risk assessments for…
RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS – 14 November 2025 – Consistent with Cook Islands Government policy, Maritime Cook Islands (MCI), as the Administrator of the Cook Islands Ship Registry monitors and enforces…
Parties to the London Convention and Protocol (LC/LP) – the IMO treaties that regulate the dumping of wastes at sea – have warned against the potential negative impacts of rising marine…
Representatives from eight States in East and Southern Africa have agreed on several action points to support the implementation of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally…
France has signed the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC-JA), a regional initiative to combat piracy, armed robbery against ships and other illicit maritime activities in the…
The speed restriction on Lake St. Louis has been revised to better account for vessel draft. In addition to the speed limits outlined in the Seaway Practices & Procedures Schedule…
The Panama Ship Registry, the world’s leading flagging authority with over 8,700 vessels registered, celebrated in South Korea, 108 years of service, reaffirming its strategic presence in Asia—a region that…
The Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) participated in the 36th Meeting of the Port State Control Committee of the Memorandum of Understanding of Tokyo (Tokyo MOU), held in Hong Kong, China,…
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is aware of a collision between the Singapore-registered passenger ferry, Horizon 9 and the Marshall Islands-registered tanker, La Digue on 10 November…
ITF condemns forced disembarkation of fishers being held in Bushehr, Iran. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) demands immediate action to resolve the abandonment of two Ethiopian fishers who faced…
