The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) employees retired recently have been awarded gold medals for their outstanding service in a ceremony held at the Mahapola Ports & Maritime Academy, last week. Read This news in…
2020: Cleaner shipping for cleaner air
Global limit on sulphur in ships' fuel oil reduced from 01 January 2020 A global regulation that will substantially reduce harmful sulphur oxide (SOx) emissions from ships comes into effect from 1 January 2020, bringing…
Global project launched to tackle plastic litter from…
Shipping and fisheries are a major source of marine litter, and Norway has considerable knowledge in this area. A new global project to prevent and reduce marine plastic litter from shipping and fisheries has been…
Protecting maritime communications
The use of spectrum allocated to existing (and future) maritime services must, therefore, be safeguarded. Terrestrial and satellite radiocommunications are essential for routine communications and navigation and for ensuring the effective operation of the Global Maritime Distress…
Sulphur 2020: stakeholders prepare for a sea change
From 1 January 2020, the "IMO 2020" rule means that the limit for sulphur in fuel oil used on board ships operating outside designated emission control areas will be reduced to 0.50% m/m (mass by…