Captain Allan Gray our former President, now at the Port of Halifax, was in Rotterdam recently for the World Hydrogen Summit and the Smart Digital Ports Conference in mid-May.

While there he managed to meet IHMA Project Officer, Captain Ben van Scherpenzeel, to exchange pleasantries and to discuss the standardization of terms and so forth and other port-related matters of mutual interest.

Zero emission ferries and vessels are one step closer to being a reality, as Maritime Minister Robert Courts on 24 May confirmed £12 million funding to accelerate the research and development of zero emission maritime technologies.

The London-based International Chamber of Shipping representing 80% of world’s merchant fleet and the Suez Canal Authority have signed a landmark agreement to enhance cooperation.

Identifying emerging threats to maritime security is key in developing the right tools to ensure sound maritime security governance.

Heads of Maritime Administrations in West and Central Africa discussed Port State Control and Flag State implementation during a three-day regional workshop in Lagos held from 9 to 11 May.

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A stevedore suffered sickness and disorientation after handling cans containing fumigant while discharging cargo at No 3 Alexander berth in the Port of Liverpool from the general cargo vessel Thorco Angela*.

Bolivia* is a landlocked country located in western-central South America and its cargoes are routed eastwards through Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay to the Atlantic by the Paraguay-Paraná waterway.

Norway-funded Carib-SMART Preparatory Phase Programme will enable Caribbean SIDS maritime sector to build-back better after pandemic

From 20 to 29 April the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 105) adopted a resolution to facilitate the urgent evacuation of seafarers from the war zone area in and around the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov as a result of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine.

IMO’s mission