ECSA: Challenges of Polar Shipping

Ahead of the entry into force of the International Code for ships operating in polar waters, or the Polar Code, in ...
read more →1st Polar Class Cruise Ships Coming to Market

The industry’s first luxury passenger vessels that are purpose-built for waters previously served by robust ...
read more →AHTS Magne Viking 1st to Comply with IMO Polar Code

The AHTS Magne Viking, owned by Viking Supply Ships A/S, is the first vessel to become compliant with the new IMO ...
read more →Infographic: Ins and Outs of IMO's Polar Code

The International Code for ships operating in Polar waters, better known as the Polar Code, will enter into force ...
read more →ASOC: New Polar Code Doesn't Protect Antarctic Waters

The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition said it was disappointed over the lack of any significant new provisions ...
read more →IMO Adopts Polar Code Environmental Provisions

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted the environmental part of the International Code for ...
read more →IMO Concerned with Stalled BWMC Ratifications

The ”disappointingly” slow pace of ratifications of the Ballast Water Management Convention and a ...
read more →Infographic: Polar Code and Ship Safety

This November the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted the International Code for Ships Operating in ...
read more →IMO MSC Session Opens

IMO Secretary-General Sekimizu has opened the 94th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) on Monday, which ...
read more →Polar Code Will Not Prohibit Access to Arctic Route

Russia and other IMO member states shall not implement measures prohibiting access to the Arctic route to shipping ...
read more →ECSA Warns of Icebergs Ahead

As climate change alters the arctic landscape and the extent of ice-covered areas shrinks, maritime transport in ...
read more →Polar Code Regulates Navigation in Ice-Covered Areas

Last week, the Marine Environment Protection Committee of United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) ...
read more →IMO’s MEPC Adopts Amendments to MARPOL Convention

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) met for its ...
read more →IMO’s ‘Polar Code’ Ignores Environmental Dangers of ...

The new draft `Polar Code’ of safety and environmental rules fails to address the looming danger of having ...
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