ILO rues govts failure to protect seafarers Nigeria and 44 other member states of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) have designated seafarers as key workers, a key step in resolving the ongoing crew change crisis.     Keyworker designation is essential to exclude seafarers from specific COVID-related travel restrictions, allowing them to travel between their…

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Secretary-General, Kitack Lim, has called on everyone in the maritime and shipping industry to work together for a “sustainable post-pandemic recovery and truly sustainable future”.

A new partnership between International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the World Customs Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the International Organization for Standardization

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), has urged member states to undertake all possible measures to prevent unnecessary delay of ships amid the outbreak of the novel Corona virus.

A new report by PwC Nigeria, has projected the possibility of higher demand for the country’s sweet crude from next year, going by the new fuel sulphur regulation...

Nigeria has joined the league of maritime nations that takes clean fuel for ships as a priority in pursuance of the International Maritime...

The Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), has taken another giant step towards standardised training, by inaugurating its newly-built ultra-modern facilities at the school complex in Oron, Akwa Ibom State. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who inspected and unveiled the facilities for use, said the management of the Academy has been able to resuscitate the…

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), plans to delist about 87 countries for non-compliance with requirements of the 1978 Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-keeping for Seafarers (STCW) Convention as amended from its Whitelist. As nations express worry over the new development, The Guardian gathered that Nigeria escaped the IMO hammer, and has maintained its position…

Shipping industry executives are calling for speed limits on commercial vessels, to cut emissions and protect the environment. More than a hundred industry figures are asking the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to help arrest and even reduce global temperature rises. The predicted level of metric tonnes of Co2 created by shipping fuel annually by 2030…

. As refiners stake $1 billion for low sulphur fuel for vessels Take-off of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO’s) low sulphur content for ships effective January 1, 2020, might begin on a slow pace, as fuel refiners are far behind schedule. Less than a year to go, a Wood Mackenzie report said refiners would need…

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), said it had received warnings from some scientists on the huge problem in the oceans, and its future impacts on environment.

Concerns are rife that the new shipping policy of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will spike the cost of fuelling ships to about $70 billion yearly.