Cruiseship heli-deck plan axed by IMO A PLAN to force all newly-ordered cruiseships to incorporate a helicopter deck has been abandoned by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
Rina wins statistical battle over detentions The Italian classification society Registro Italiano Navale (Rina) has succeeded in persuading the Tokyo MOU secretariat to revise statistics it issued in November which showed the society in an unfavourable light.
Report slams Asian bulk shares Investors placing their funds in Asian bulk and tanker listed companies, with the exception of Singapore-listed Osprey Maritime, are probably wasting their time, while investing in container lines might be a more attractive, but complex option, warns a Hong Kong-based shipping analyst.
Big equity moves for Petronet LNG The International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank and the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India are all picking up substantial equity in Petronet LNG, the company floated to oversee pipelines for the movement of liquefied natural gas in India.
Paint firms in competition to improve anti-fouling range COMPETITION is hotting up in the marine paint industry, in the wake of a bid by the International Maritime Organisation to crack down on the use of compounds said to harm acquatic life.
CMN hands over two missile boats French naval patrol vessel builder, Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie (CMN), has handed over two missile boats to the government of Kuwait.
FMC proposes Shipping Act changes DESPITE the incredible enormity and complexity of the job, the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has kept its word to put forth its proposed regulations to implement the sweeping Shipping Act of 1984 changes mandated by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998. Things did not go totally without a hitch, however.
Shedding much needed light on this very touchy subject As we rattle headlong into the New Year, it is traditional to pause and take stock, to bid our neighbours seasonal greetings, and sentimentalise over a religion meaningless to most who party through the winterval. Invoking this air of goodwill to all as a means of defence against unseasonal reprisal, I shall venture to straighten out one of the misconceptions surrounding the light dues question.
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