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ICS has launched its Annual Review 2019, in which it provides an in-depth insight into the most pressing issues that shipping is facing nowadays. As the review says, shipowners are mostly concerned regarding the implementation of the 2020 global sulphur cap. The report analyzes other pressing issues as well, such as keeping an updated STCW training regime, the UN Law of the Sea Implementing Agreement, piracy and economic risk. Read the review

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim delivered a reminder about the importance of balanced and sustainable development at the Ocean Leadership conference. In a keynote address, Mr. Lim spoke of Sustainable Development Goals as unifying factor breathing life into global efforts to improve the lives of people everywhere. He confirmed IMO’s commitment to the 2030 Sustainability Agenda. He highlighted moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions, reducing sulphur content of ships’ fuel oil, requiring strict ballast water management and adopting the Polar Code as recent examples of IMO’s own sustainability agenda. Read more.

The IMO 2020 sulfur rule was at the top of the list of concerns for shipowners at the Nor-Shipping 2019 conference. Every owner knows that the requirement is coming, but not everyone wants to go first. At a DNV GL panel, experts from shipping, bunkering and insurance discussed the challenges for owners going into 2020. Read more.

Our Project Manager, Mr. Ishaan Goel shared some important insight about scrubbers in the latest issue of the Maritime Reporter. Check his article on page #73 “Scrubbers: The Clock is Ticking”. Albion Marine Solutions has been retained by one of the largest container carrier Owner-Operator for their fleet scrubber retrofit project. Read the article.