The IMO agreed that ships should improve their CO2 intensity by 2% annually between 2023 and 2026. However, the decision was fraught with critical interventions from countries including the US and UK and EU member states who sought much higher targets

The longer the Evergreen-chartered boxship is prevented from sailing, the more perishable cargoes will spoil and the more retailers will order replacement consumer durables, legal experts warn

Governments have backed the IMO’s request to hire two more officers as the growing workload of regulating greenhouse gases and other emissions swamps its air pollution team

Countries at the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee showed strong opposition to allowing waivers and exemptions from incoming short-term emission measures for ships

‘There is wide scope for owners and charterers to consider provisions addressing technical and operational efficiency within charterparty riders, and in particular general clauses addressing vessel fuel efficiency,’ lawyers argue

Australian Securities & Investments seeking declarations and pecuniary penalties related to involvement in US warship building programme

SCA rejects insurer’s claim that vessel whose grounding caused a six-day shutdown of the key waterway in March was under the charge of local pilots when it entered the southern channel

International Maritime Organization secretary-general Kitack Lim opened the Marine Environment Protection Committee with a stronger-than-usual warning on the need for shipping to develop emission regulations

Mark Myles has special expertise in tankers after having accrued more than a decade of sea time in his career

New technologies and regulations are fundamental enablers of shipping’s decarbonisation. But robust emissions accounting and the transparency that offers will also become increasingly significant amid stakeholder pressure and societal expectations

The International Transport Workers’ Federation has recovered $45m in owed wages last year alone; a significant figure given the challenges

The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting, being held this week, has an opportunity to demonstrate why shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions require global solutions. To do this, it needs to act decisively and spend its time wisely