IMO adopts MARPOL amendments to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic

  The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 76) has agreed to prohibit…

Spain joins IMO’s ship recycling convention

  Spain is the latest country to accede to International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) treaty for safe…

EU presses IMO for tougher carbon emissions standards

  The European Union will push for tougher standards to cut the CO2 emissions intensity of…

IMO calls for greater action to combat Gulf of Guinea piracy

  The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has called for increased collaboration to tackle piracy in the…

IMO initiates new measures to address containers lost at sea

  The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed to initiate new measures…

IMO urges fair vaccine distribution for seafarers

  Secretary-General, of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Kitack Lim, has called on all IMO Member…

Biden to push IMO Member States to adopt zero emissions by 2050

  The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden will push International Maritime Organization (IMO) Member States…

IMO, WISTA launch ‘Women in Maritime’ survey

  The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) International…

IMO convenes security meeting over piracy in Gulf of Guinea

  The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will convene a maritime security working group in response to…

IMO scribe seeks cooperation for ‘sustainable post-pandemic recovery’

  International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General, Kitack Lim, has called on stakeholders in the maritime and…

IMO applauds Nigeria’s leadership in fight against piracy

    For the second time in about six months, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), a…

IMO to further evaluate $5bn R&D fund proposal

  Member states of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) have agreed to give further consideration to…