The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will not delay implementing a reduction in the amount of sulphur in marine fuel in 2020, officials with the UN’s shipping agency said on Tuesday. “I can categorically say…
Nigerian authorities on Monday said they were working to find and free 12 crew members of a Swiss-registered cargo ship who were kidnapped by sea pirates at the weekend. The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said it had…
MV Nyerere that overturned is seen off the shores of Ukara Island in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Tanzanian authorities said on Sunday the number of people who died in a ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria had risen to 224 and the vessel’s…
Image Courtesy: Op Atalanta/EUNAVFOR Twelve crew members of a Swiss bulk carrier MV Glarus were taken hostage while in Nigerian waters on September 22, Reuters reports citing a statement from the ship’s operator Massoel Shipping. Based on the statement, the…
(Photo: Ukerewe Distric Council) (Photo: Ukerewe District Council) At least 136 bodies have been retrieved after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania’s top police official Simon Sirro said on Friday, and scores more were still feared missing as rescuers searched…
Image Courtesy: Pixabay under CC0 Creative Commons license A product tanker anchored in Conakry Anchorage, Guinea, was boarded by four armed robbers on September 17, 2018, IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre said. The vessel in question has been identified as oil/chemical tanker…
Germany’s construction engineering company TGE Marine Gas Engineering has inked a supply contract for one of the world’s first small-scale floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs). Under the deal signed with Chinese Jiangnan Shipyard at the end of July, TGE Marine will…
(Photo courtesy The Flipflopi Expedition) Kenyan islanders have built a boat made entirely of recycled plastic collected during clean-ups of the ocean to highlight the growing menace of plastic waste that ends up in the sea. (Photo courtesy The Flipflopi…
Only four African countries are members of IUMI. Credit: Getty Images The International Union of Marine Insurance’s (IUMI’s) newly appointed ambassador for Africa has said that he will start to engage with African maritime nations immediately. Speaking at the IUMI’s…
The International Maritime Organization’s 2020 global 0.5% marine sulfur cap is an act of stewardship to protect the planet and human health for generations to come, but the supply and demand imbalances created by the cap encapsulate the law of…