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World Maritime Day 2023  The World Maritime Day 2023 takes place on 28 September 2023. This year's World Maritime theme is "MARPOL at 50 – Our commitment goes on".
 IMO-UNEP-Norway Innovation Forum 2023. The event takes place on 28 September 2023 at IMO Headquarters, London, and online. The Forum includes topics such as: Environmental ...

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Maritime safety in an era of new technologies and alternative fuels central to IMO World Maritime Theme for 2024.
"Navigating the future: safety first!" has been selected for the International Maritime Organization's 2024 World Maritime Theme, which will culminate in the celebration of World Maritime Day on 26 September 2024.
The theme reflects IMO's work to enhance maritime safety and ...

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Statement of the Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the Prevention of IR Iran from Hosting IMO Parallel Event of World Maritime Day
The Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) as the duly authorized maritime administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran reacted against the actions of the Governments of the United States and United Kingdom in preventing ...

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Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are predicting an increased likelihood of an above-average 2023 Atlantic hurricane season as record-warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures are likely to counterbalance the usually limiting atmospheric conditions associated with the ongoing El Nino event.
The mid-season update comes as the Atlantic hurricane season is about ...

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The drought-hit Panama Canal has temporarily limited the number of new reserved passage slotsto help ease a bottleneck of ships that are waiting to transit without reservations, the waterway’s authority said on Thursday.
A logjam of commercial vessels seeking to pass through the canal, one of the world’s busiest trade passages, has sent companies that ...

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Oil supply cuts by some of the world’s top producers are curbing the need for tankers, leading to a decline in the cost of hauling crude around the world.
Shipping rates for vessels from mid-sized Aframaxes to supertankers have eased in recent months. The move coincides with Saudi Arabia’s production cuts and Russia’s export curbs, both of which are set to run into ...

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Russian grain ports are overflowing after two big harvests. That means any military escalation in the crucial Black Sea risks depriving the world of huge amounts of crops it’s counting on.
Port capacity is being stretched as the wheat giant struggles to clear the volumes despite massive exports. Russia shipped 4.4 million tons of wheat in July, a record for the month and almost 60% ...

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The Philippine Coast Guard and local fire departments in the central Philippines region of Cebu are fighting a blazing fire that is engulfing a derelict car carrier. The fire continues to burn several hours after being first reported with one of the Coast Guard’s tugs augmenting the firefighting efforts.
The vessel is the former car carrier Diamond Highway, which has become a jinxed ...

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) continues its work to develop a regulatory framework for autonomous ships in response to rapidly evolving technology. The Joint MSC-LEG-FAL Working Group on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) held its second session last week at the IMO Headquarters in London. The event was preceded by a seminar discussing legal issues concerning MASS.
The ...

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