IMO to look into ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping

The International Maritime Organiation (IMO) has agreed to take steps toward a ban on the use…

Shipping industry unites to propose ambitious CO2 reduction objectives to IMO

Four prominent international trade associations have banded together in issuing a joint proposal to the International…

IMO announces ‘Seafarers Matter’ as theme of 2017 Day of the Seafarer 

  Support activities offered by ports and seafarer centres for those who work aboard ship will…

ICS asks IMO to delay BWMC implementation for existing ships

  The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has urged the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to back…

Call for EU-China axis to drive IMO climate deal

Shipowner bodies the ICS and ECSA have responded to the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate…

Trump withdrawing U.S. from Paris Agreement puts more pressure on IMO, say NGOs

The Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change puts added…

Customs seizes N178m banned drugs, N250m contraband in Imo

  The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) in Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has…

Environmental regulation in focus from IMO scribe opens Panama maritime conference

On Sunday IMO secretary general Kitack Lim inaugurated the Panama Maritime XIII World Conference and Exhibition,…

Nigeria left out of IMO GMDSS review

As the international Maritime Organisation (IMO) continues the review and modernization of the Global Maritime Distress…

Nigerian seafarers should benefit from IMO financial security

As the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) moves to keep under review the provision…

Okorocha slams PDP over comments on Imo Airline

Imo State Government on Friday slammed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and an online news publishers,…

IMO launches World Maritime Day 2017 theme

Secretary-General of the International Martime Organisation (IMO), Kitack Lim launched the theme for World Maritime Day…