IMO calls for wider adoption of ship recycling convention

Ten years after the adoption of the International Maritime Organisation’s Hong Kong Convention (HKC), there has…

IMO gets observer status at Arctic Council

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has been granted observer status at the Arctic Council. This will…

STCW: South Africa moves to avert removal from IMO Whitelist

South Africa has expressed concerns over moves by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to remove it…

Canada accedes to IMO’s Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention

Canada has become the 44th State to accede to the Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention of the…

IMO moves to address maritime corruption

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is to address maritime corruption by including the issue in its…

Denmark to deploy sniffer drone to enforce IMO 2020 sulphur cap

Ahead of the implementation of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) fuel sulphur cap rule in January…

IMO sulphur cap: South Africa approves use of scrubbers

South Africa approved the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), also known as scrubbers, in…

Fire guts Imo cargo airport

There was pandemonium on Monday afternoon as fire gutted the arrival section of the Sam Mbakwe…

IMO 2020: Nigeria and Impending freight hikes

January 1, 2020 will mark the full implementation of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) 2020 regulations…

IMO sulfur cap: Get ready now, official tells shipowners

By Jite Eriabie An official of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has advised shipowners across the…

IMO sulphur cap will trigger slow steaming — Drewry 

Shipping consultancy firm Drewry has said that the 2020 sulphur cap deadline of the International Maritime…

IMO 2020 – BP unveils supply locations for 0.5% marine fuels

Oil major BP has announced that it will begin to sell very low sulphur fuel oil…