‘Economic conditions are challenging, and activity and income for our industry is volatile year on year. The trend towards a smaller number of larger and more complicated cases enhances that annual variability,’ says Sloane

‘Responsibility has often been taken away from the master despite the master’s knowledge and experience of the casualty, and their responsibility and authority in accordance with the International Safety Management code,’ argues former Secretary of State’s representative

US and European Union warships helped an elderly ro-ro in heavy seas off Puntland after the vessel, Anatolian, spent nearly a week dead in the water

Contributions from US, Saudi Arabia, Germany, the UK, the European Union, Qatar, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, Switzerland and Luxembourg have so far only raised less than three quarters of the financing required

Maersk-owned tug operator Svitzer hopes to build methanol-fuelled tugs by 2024-25 and is looking at ammonia and batteries as well. It has set a target to halve its carbon intensity by 2030

A UN meeting at The Hague raised $33m of its $80m target to transfer oil from floating storage vessel Safer to another ship, averting the risk of a catastrophic spill. The IMO and Greenpeace called for more funds, with $144m needed for the whole operation