US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has announced a new five-year offshore wind leasing schedule which includes up to 12 potential offshore wind energy lease sales through 2028. The leasing schedule includes four potential offshore lease sales in 2024, one each in 2025 and 2026, two in 2027,...
https://splash247.com/us-reveals-plans-for-up-to-12-offshore-wind-auctions-through-2028/
IMO has updated its Guidelines for the Development of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM), published as Resolution MEPC.379(80).
According to Lloyd’s Register, the resolution applies “as soon as possible, or at the latest when the Hong Kong Convention enters into force ”.
The MD must follow the format given in Appendix 6 of Resolution MEPC.379(80).
Requirements for shipowners, as presented by Lloyd’s Register:
For new ships (built on or after 1 January 2023), shipbuilders and shipowners...
https://mfame.guru/cybutryne-to-be-included-in-inventory-of-hazardous-materials/
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) legal committee is meeting this week in London and is discussing one of shipping’s darkest, most intractable problems, crew abandonment, with record numbers of seafarers being left to fend for themselves by owners across the world. Latest statistics...
https://splash247.com/imo-discusses-how-to-stem-record-cases-of-crew-abandonment/
Ahead of this week’s meeting of its legal committee, the secretariat at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has warned about two shipping registries it deems are fraudulent. Flags being administered allegedly on behalf of Guyana and Eswatini have come in for criticism. Despite the...
https://splash247.com/imo-highlights-two-fraudulent-shipping-registries/
Canada’s minister of transport, Pablo Rodriguez, has outlined a steep increase in fines for violations under the Canada Shipping Act whereby the maximum penalty has been raised from C$25,000 to C$250,000 ($181,351). The revised penalties are structured into three levels: minor, medium, and serious....
Littoral states around the Baltic are waging a diplomatic campaign to get other countries to back a greater crackdown on Russia’s shadow fleet passing through the region, concerned about the potential for environmental catastrophe with a number of near disasters reported among the ageing fleet of...
The laws and regulations that govern the flying of the Chinese National Flag on ships include the “Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China,” which requires...
https://mfame.guru/compliance-with-chinese-national-flag-regulations-for-ships/
An American investor in Euronav has returned to Belgium with another lawsuit in a bid to overturn deals struck between the European tanker giant’s shareholders last year. The New York-based FourWorld Capital Management has filed a claim with Antwerp Enterprise Court seeking to declare null and void...
https://splash247.com/american-investor-takes-aim-at-euronav-again-with-new-legal-action/
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is looking at a potential $63m fine in the US for alleged violations of the Shipping Act, encompassing thousands of contested charges directed at various clients. The US Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations, and Compliance has...
https://splash247.com/msc-faces-63m-penalty-in-us-regulatory-dispute/
Under the new regulations, BDNs must now...
https://mfame.guru/new-marpol-annex-vi-amendment-enhanced-bunker-delivery-note-requirements/