Panama Registry Launches Electronic Vessel Registry
As of 8:00 a.m. on May 5, 2025, the Electronic Vessel Registry (REN) is officially available to all users, as announced by the Directorate General of Public Registry of Vessels…
LRIT Annual Conformance Test Mandatory for CSR Amendment for Panama Flag Vessel
Panama Maritime Authority revised MMC 183 which deals with CSR for the vessel. As per the revised circular changes has been made in following section of the circular. There is…
Mandatory Verification of P & I Certificate by Indian Port Authorities
DG Shipping of India issued Merchant shipping Notice 05/2025, Under the Merchant Shipping (Regulation of Entry of Ships into Ports, Anchorages and Offshore facilities) Rules, 2012 and MSN 02 of…
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…
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…
Annual Report 2024 of Indian Ocean MOU
India Ocea MOU on PSC has released its annual report for 2024 which also marks 25th anniversary on Indian Ocean MOU. A total of 5,334 inspections were carried out in…
USCG: PSC 2024 Annual Report
The Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance is pleased to announce the release of the U.S. Port State Control Annual Report for 2024. This marks another year of PSC…
Black Sea MOU: Preliminary Result of the CIC on Crew Wages & SEA (MLC)
From 1 September 2024 to 30 November 2024, the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Black Sea Region (BS MoU) carried out a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC)…