6 May 2020 Delays and disruptions in the supply of goods produced at and shipped by sea will cause significant shortages if governments do not work together to keep global ocean-related supply chains moving during the COVID-19...
6 May 2020 Initiated by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), a set of industry guidelines was published today that aim to ensure a safe shipboard interface between ship and shore-based personnel. The guidance aims to...
5 May 2020 In a circular addressed to all IMO Member States, UN agencies, inter-governmental organisations and NGOs with consultative status at the IMO, Secretary General Kitack Lim expressed his support for a recommended framework of...
The latest WPSP #COVID19 Task Force Guidance for ports includes two important additions – humanitarian actions that can be of assistance to port communities, and reconsidering planning in order to optimize use of existing anchorage areas.
76 ports surveyed across the globe in this week’s WPSP COVID19 Port Economic Impact Barometer
30 April 2020 Under the name ‘Maritime SG Together’ the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore announced a new package of measures for maritime companies, individuals and seafarers that will be effective from 1 May. The...
29 April 2020 Presented as part of a package of relief measures to help the European transport industry during the COVID-19 crisis, the European Commission has issued yesterday an amendment proposal to its 2017 Ports Regulation,...
28 April 2020 Under the IMO Facilitation (FAL) Convention, public authorities are required to set up systems that allow digital exchange between ship and shore of information about cargoes, dangerous goods, crews, vessel details and many...
28 April 2020 The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) are calling upon ship captains across the world to sound their ships’ horns when in port at 12.00 PM...