“Go to sea!” campaign launched at IMO to attract entrants to the shipping industry
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A campaign to address the global shortage of seafarers, especially officers, which threatens the very future of the international shipping industry, has been launched by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in association with the International Labour Organization, the “Round Table” of shipping [...]
Shipping world in piracy crisis call to IMO and UN
The shipping world today made a crisis call to the (London-based) United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the United Nations (in New York) requesting real and immediate action against brazen acts of piracy, kidnapping and armed robbery, carried out with increasing frequency against ships in the Gulf of Aden, by pirates based in Somalia.
The [...]
Ballast water discharges in the US - Update
Operational discharges of ballast water, deck run off, bilge water, grey water and so on have for many years been regulated in the United States by the Clean Water Act (CWA). Since 1973 shipowners have benefited from a general exemption granted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which allowed ships to make normal operational [...]
Ballast water discharges in the US.
Operational discharges of ballast water, deck run off, bilge water, grey water and so on have for many years been regulated in the United States by the Clean Water Act (CWA). Since 1973 shipowners have benefited from a general exemption granted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which allowed ships to make normal operational [...]
