International Maritime Organization

At the first meeting three years ago of the Global Industry Alliance (GIA), a partnership of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and 14 companies dedicated to decarbonizing shipping, shipowners complained about their vessels waiting days to weeks at anchorage before being able to call at...

The coronavirus pandemic will permanently change ocean shipping, but how? The short answer is: It depends on how long the outbreak lasts. A 2020 plunge and 2021 snapback is one thing, a multi-year global depression punctuated by geopolitical chaos is another. For the long answer, FreightWaves...

Ports have yet to deny container, dry bulk or tanker ships the right to load or unload cargo due to coronavirus outbreaks among crew. But things could get much dicier in the months to come. What happens will differ from country to country, and likely, from state to state and port to port. If...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued a reminder that seafarers are essential to the movement of goods by water, even as ships' crews around the world are being prohibited from going ashore in the global effort to fight the spread of the coronavirus. In a marine safety...

In the maritime industry, the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) decision to limit bunker fuel sulfur emissions to 0.5 percent by 2020 is a move that would affect the bottom line of every shipping company in the business. Not only is this regulation going to affect global fuel...