13th June – Fazilette Khan, founder of the environmental charity GreenSeas Trust, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for her outstanding services to marine conservation. A…
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UNOC – EU’s environmental reputation in tatters as it fails marine protected areas on international stage, 13.06.25
Europe’s pressured marine protected areas (MPAs) and the life they harbour have been left to fend for themselves by European leaders who gathered this week for the United Nations Ocean…
Good Morning Monaco Friday, June 13, 2025 Monaco makes historic move to protect dignity at life’s end In a landmark moment for healthcare in the Principality, Monaco has officially adopted…
New analysis is a wakeup call for shipping industry’s leaders to get serious on voluntary climate standards, as time is running out
Analysis by UCL shows improvement in voluntary standard initiatives, but that current initiatives still fall short in relation to the ambition, transparency and reliability to meaningfully manage climate risk, and…
INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2025: Safety gains continue but security threats emerge
INTERCARGO, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners, reports encouraging progress in bulk carrier safety, with vessel losses and fatalities continuing to decline over the last decade. However, serious security…
Good Morning Monaco Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Monaco hosts decisive Blue Economy and Finance Forum ahead of UNOC The Blue Economy and Finance Forum (BEFF) concluded at the Grimaldi Forum…
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez emphasized the global shipping industry’s need for significant investment in technology and alternative fuels to achieve a net-zero transformation and drive sector-wide change at the Blue…
World Shipping Council Statement on World Ocean Day 2025 Washington/London/Brussels/Singapore, June 8, 2025 — On this World Ocean Day, we celebrate the immense value of the Ocean – a source of…
Problems and uncertainties about crossing and head-on rules continue to worry ships and crews, particularly when two vessels are transiting narrow channels. Mariners and lawyers are still digesting court decisions…
Chios, May 8, 2025* – Last night, the walls of Chios City Hall were transformed into a vivid surface of awareness and reflection on climate change, through an action by…
CM Technologies (CMT) is advising shipowners and operators to urgently review their fuel and lubricating oil sampling practices following the entry into force of revised IMO guidelines. Recent amendments to…
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Total attendance of more than 13,000 over two days makes All-Energy 2025 a record breaker. The UK’s largest renewable end low carbon energy exhibition and conference, owned and organised by…
BAR Technologies Appoints Yildiz Saraç Williams as Technical Director Amid Record Growth
[Portsmouth, UK – 14th May 2025] – BAR Technologies, a leader in maritime decarbonisation solutions, has appointed Yildiz Saraç Williams as its new Technical Director, effective 12th June 2025. A Chartered…
Carolyn Newsham (Financing Partner to Siemens GB&I, Siemens Financial Services UK) explains how specialist marine financing can help ports meet bold emissions reduction targets. The shipping sector is responsible for…
GAC signs deal to support Northern Lights Joint Venture 13 May 2025, Bergen, Norway GAC has signed a formal agreement to support the Northern Lights Joint Venture, part of the…
Damen Shiprepair and Alfa Laval Benelux have signed a memorandum of understanding to intensify their cooperation on energy efficiency in the maritime industry. The partnership brings together two key players…
The UK government’s Clean Power 2030 mission lies at the heart of the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference – All-Energy 2025, owned and organised by…
We are just one day away from the grand opening of DEFEA – Defence Exhibition Athens, which takes place from 6 to 8 May 2025 at Metropolitan Expo. DEFEA 2025 is set to welcome hundreds of…
The Mediterranean Sea officially became an Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides and Particulate Matter (Med SOx ECA) under MARPOL Annex VI on 1 May 2025. The sulphur content in…
Margate Joins GreenSeas Trust’s BinsForGreenSeas Campaign to Tackle Plastic Pollution Event on Thursday 8th May at 1pm
Margate, one of the UK’s most iconic seaside towns, is taking a stand against plastic pollution by installing a BinsForGreenSeas unit from the environmental charity GreenSeas Trust. Positioned near the bustling seafront,…
Dominic Rowles, lead ESG analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “The past couple of years have been challenging for ESG. It has attracted criticism from high-profile politicians, including US President Donald Trump, leading…
High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People launches Rapid Deployment Mechanism to issue Small-Scale Grants totalling over half a million Dollars to accelerate Global 30×30 Target
Busan, South Korea – 29 April 2025 At the 2025 Our Ocean Conference, the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC for N&P) proudly announced the official launch of its Rapid Deployment Mechanism—a…
Nuclear Code Revision Builds Head of Steam At a pivotal upcoming IMO meeting in June, the need to update the IMO’s Nuclear Code will be reviewed. A number of Member States…
Nick Austin, partner in Reed Smith’s Transportation Industry Group, said: “As the IMO releases details of how its Net-Zero Framework will operate in its first monitoring year in 2028, it…