IMO expands global Port State Control data exchange
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has updated data-exchange agreements with the Black Sea and Caribbean Port State Control regimes as part of efforts to strengthen the sharing of ship inspection...
RightShip, NorthStandard team up to cut vessel checks
RightShip and NorthStandard have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at strengthening loss prevention through shared inspection data. Under the arrangement, NorthStandard will be able to request existing RightShip inspection reports...
IMO condemns renewed attacks on Red Sea shipping
Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), has condemned renewed attacks on Red Sea shipping as “indefensible,” warning they threaten seafarer safety, the marine environment and global supply...
IMO adopts Singapore-led resolution on shipping lanes
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a Singapore-led resolution on the protection of vital shipping lanes at the 137th Session of the IMO Council. Co-sponsored by 30 member states,...
IMO condemns new wave of attacks in Strait of Hormuz
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has condemned a fresh wave of attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. He warned that seafarers are being placed in “grave danger” as...
IMO appeals for release of 44 seafarers held captive
Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), has called for urgent international action to secure the release of 44 seafarers held captive in Somali waters by pirates and...
DCoC urges action to free hijacked tanker crews
The Chair of the Djibouti Code of Conduct/Jeddah Amendment (DCoC/JA) has urged coordinated international action to free the 17 crew members aboard the hijacked MT HONOUR 25 after more than...
IMO hails US–Iran deal as maritime security breakthrough
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has welcomed the agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the US. It described it as a key step towards restoring maritime security in...
PIL names first 13,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel ships
Pacific International Lines (PIL) has named its first two 13,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessels, Kota Elok and Kota Elan, at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Kota Elok was named by...
EU calls for action on Russia shadow fleet
The European Council has called for further action to curb Russia’s shadow fleet operations, citing environmental, security and maritime safety risks linked to such vessels. In conclusions adopted on 18...
IMO condemns deadly attack near Strait of Hormuz
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has strongly condemned an attack on the tanker MT SETTEBELLO (IMO 9162916), flagged in Palau, off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz....
IMO warns Hormuz transits risk seafarers’ lives
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has issued a stark warning over the continued transit of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The warning comes amid an increasingly...
