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Monitoring of Self-Heating Coal Cargoes Prior to Loading
24 Dec, 2024
Coal cargoes can be particularly challenging to carry, with the possibility of methane production, oxygen depletion and the corrosion of metal structures.
Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention - Adopted to Strengthen Seafarer Welfare and Protection
17 Jun, 2025
At the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference (2–13 June 2025), the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the fifth set of amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC,...
Port State Control - Tokyo MOU New Inspection Regime
28 Jun, 2013
The Tokyo MOU on Port State Control (PSC) has announced that it will be introducing a New Inspection
Regime (NIR) from the 1 January 2014, replacing the existing ship target factor system. The move will...
MLC and Abandoned Seafarers - The Theory and the Practice
03 Feb, 2022
The 2014 amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) entered into force in early 2017 with the aim of protecting seafarers who had been abandoned by their employers.
North Korea – Enforcement of Sanctions
13 Mar, 2018
As reported in our News Item of 26 September 2017, significant new sanctions against North Korea were unanimously agreed by the United Nations Security Council in August and September of 2017. Efforts...
Protection Against Somalia-Based Marine Piracy: Updated Best Management Practices
17 Aug, 2011
Translations: Chinese Vietnamese
Following further consultation with industry, the fourth edition of “Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia Based Piracy” (BMP4) has now been published....
Floating storage of oil cargoes
30 Apr, 2020
Due to a combination of circumstances there is now a worldwide shortage of storage space ashore for both unrefined and refined oil products of all types. As such there is a now growing demand for oil...
Iran sanctions: Designation of Strait Shipbrokers, Singapore
03 Nov, 2020
It was announced on 29 October 2020 that Strait Shipbrokers in Singapore as well as its executive Murtuza Mustafaunir Basrai had been added to the U.S. SDN list.
No.14 2021/2022 - MARIN Notice to Mariners - Beware of Parametric Roll in Following Seas
31 Jan, 2022
The International Group recently became a member of the Maritime Research Institute of the Netherlands (MARIN) Top Tier project. The project has been established to examine and assess the causes of container...