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By Jonathan Saul LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) – As the United Nations tries to broker a path for grain from Ukraine and temper worries about a global food crisis, hundreds of mines...

The UN International Maritime Organization’s has concluded its latest meeting of its key Marine Environment Protection Committee, known as MEPC78, held virtually from IMO headquarters in London. The IMO’s MEPC...

Shipping traffic in and out of Ukraine suspended, 20m tonnes of grain unable to be shipped

LONDON (Reuters) -As the United Nations tries to broker a path for grain from Ukraine and temper worries about a global food crisis, hundreds of mines laid along the Black Sea present a practical nightmare that will take months to resolve even after any agreement.

Governemnts at the meeting of the IMO’s key maritime environment committee have rejected plans for a shipping industry-backed program to accelerate research and development of alternative fuels that will help...

As the United Nations tries to broker a path for grain from Ukraine and temper worries about a global food crisis, hundreds of mines laid along the Black Sea present a practical nightmare that will take months to resolve even after any agreement.

War presents diplomatic and logistical challenges as silos of world’s fifth-biggest wheat exporter fill up

The shipping industry is calling for the safe passage of merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf following the seizure of two Greek-flagged oil tankers by Iran last week. The two...

The Global Maritime Club Summit – in association with Seatrade Maritime – will make its debut at this June’s Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition.

In the path towards gender equality the industry needs to start hiring leaders not “managers,” make gender sensitization training mandatory, create visibility of careers within shipping in schools and draft clear policies and guidelines which can be effectively implemented It’s not often we get to celebrate the launch of a new day, especially so in ...