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Much more needs to be done to prevent cyber risks

The UK is one of the leading maritime centres in the world. Its shipping industry contributes approximately £7.7 billion to the UK GDP and directly…

Icebreakers are crucial to developing Arctic trade routes being opened up by global warming. Russia is expanding its nuclear fleet, China invites tenders for its own and neighbours vie to control passage.

Russian and Belarusian oligarchs do not have luxury yachts, private jets, or extravagant villas in Lithuania. However, h...

Korean Register (KR) has agreed to collaborate with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and KLCSM on autonomous navigation systems for ships.

A look at some of the key legal and practical issues surrounding the carriage of goods by sea in United Kingdom, including bills of lading, shipowner liability and much more.

Korean Register (KR) is pleased to announce that Mr. CHO Hyungmin, Principal Surveyor of Ship & Offshore Technology Team, has been elected the next Chair of the IACS Hull Panel. His appointment was announced at the 85th International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) Council Meeting in London, UK and underlines KR’s growing technical skills in ...

Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) notes media reports linking it with Russian shipping entities. Our primary function as a classification society is to ensure the highest level of safety on board every vessel which is classed with us. We shall never neglect that responsibility. In relation to the recent media reports, IRS can report it ...

An Indian shipping source familiar with certification process said most of Sovcomflot’s vessels have now migrated to IRClass

India has been providing safety certification for dozens of vessels that are managed by a Dubai subsidiary of a top-notch Russian shipping major named Sovcomflot, official data reflected, enabling oil exports to India and elsewhere following Western certifiers withdrawing services owing to global sanctions placed against Moscow.