Saudi Arabia has banned the discharge of washwater from the use of open-loop scrubbers in territorial waters.
On 25th March, the EUROSHORE secretariat took contact with the European Institutions and the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, to alarm them on the situation of Port Reception Facilities in Europe, but also in Africa and the United Arab...
The European Commission has signed a new Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the U.S. Coast Guard. The Memorandum provides a framework for sharing and coordinating information, activities and best practices for oversight of recognised...
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has issued a statement addressing the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the shipping industry and the global supply chain.
Windward Maritime Analytics has offered to provide open access to its data and insights, offering a greater understanding of global trade flows and helping to strike a balance between protecting public health and...
The Commonwealth Litter Programme (CLiP) is an initiative delivered by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The...
Members with ships fitted with scrubbers and trading in European ports are advised that based on the information provided by the club’s correspondents in France, Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar that there are restrictions placed on the use of...
Lighter fuel oil blends are believed to be entering Singapore’s bunker stream. The risk with such blends is they may be derived from blending with waxy diesel oil, the use of which can result in excessive sludge, one expert suggests....