1. DNV: IMO Maritime Safety Committee. The 109th session of the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 109) was held from 2 to 6 December 2024. Amendments to the IGC Code to enable the use of ammonia cargo as fuel were adopted, and interim guidelines for the general use of ammonia as fuel were approved.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/11/dnv-imo-maritime-safety-committee/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/11/dnv-imo-maritime-safety-committee/
2. Latest Diversity Study Group DEI in Maritime Annual Review indicates shift from policy to accountability. The Diversity Study Group has published its fifth annual review based on a survey of its membership’s employees to assess the effectiveness of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies and plans.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/11/latest-diversity-study-group-dei-in-maritime-annual-review-indicates-shift-from-policy-to-accountability/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/11/latest-diversity-study-group-dei-in-maritime-annual-review-indicates-shift-from-policy-to-accountability/
3. Teekay Group announces changes to board of directors. Teekay Corporation and Teekay Tankers announced the following changes to their respective Boards of Directors, which are effective as of December 31, 2024. The changes further streamline and simplify the Teekay Group, and align with the previously announced goal of having Teekay Tankers serve as the sole operating platform within the Teekay Group and Teekay focusing on managing its controlling interest in Teekay Tankers
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/11/teekay-group-announces-changes-to-board-of-directors/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/11/teekay-group-announces-changes-to-board-of-directors/
4. Latin America and the Caribbean need better fiscal policies to finance their development. Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries should strengthen tax collection and spending, improve public debt management, and mobilise more private resources in order to finance their ambitious development agendas, according to the 2024 edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO): Financing Sustainable Development released.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/11/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-need-better-fiscal-policies-to-finance-their-development/
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/12/11/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-need-better-fiscal-policies-to-finance-their-development/
5. Shipping shows improvement when it comes to diversity, equality and inclusion. The Diversity Study Group has published its fifth annual review based on a survey of its membership’s employees to assess the effectiveness of the diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) strategies and plans.
https://splash247.com/shipping-shows-improvement-when-it-comes-to-diversity-equality-and-inclusion/
https://splash247.com/shipping-shows-improvement-when-it-comes-to-diversity-equality-and-inclusion/
6. Star Capital becomes majority stakeholder in subsea equipment provider. The investment will enable STR to further evolve its equipment and service offering through organic and acquisition-led growth. It will also expand the company’s geographical presence to clients across growing global offshore energy and infrastructure markets with a new base in Norway set to open early next year.
https://splash247.com/star-capital-becomes-majority-stakeholder-in-subsea-equipment-provider/
https://splash247.com/star-capital-becomes-majority-stakeholder-in-subsea-equipment-provider/
7. Just one 45-year-old ship seen venturing into Syrian tumult. A small, 45-year-old, Tanzania-flagged general cargo ship is the only vessel venturing into Syrian waters today.
The Turkish-owned Omorfi is headed to the port of Tartous, while the rest of international merchant shipping gives the Middle Eastern nation a wide berth, letting the uprising that saw Bashir al-Assad toppled as leader over the weekend settle down before recommencing calls at the war-torn country.
https://splash247.com/just-one-45-year-old-ship-seen-venturing-into-syrian-tumult/
https://splash247.com/just-one-45-year-old-ship-seen-venturing-into-syrian-tumult/
8. Shell Settles Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Over Activists Boarding Oil FPSO. British oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday settled a London lawsuit it brought against environmental group Greenpeace after activists boarded a Shell oil production vessel last year.Greenpeace said it had agreed to pay 300,000 pounds ($382,650) to the Royal National Lifeboat Institute and avoid protesting for a period at four Shell sites in the northern North Sea.
https://gcaptain.com/shell-settles-lawsuit-against-greenpeace-over-activists-boarding-oil-fpso/
https://gcaptain.com/shell-settles-lawsuit-against-greenpeace-over-activists-boarding-oil-fpso/
9. Marcos Says Philippines Won’t Send Warships After China Clashes. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his nation won’t deploy Navy warships to the South China Sea in response to recent clashes with Beijing in disputed waters. “It will be provocative and will be seen as an escalation. We don’t do that,” Marcos told reporters on Tuesday when asked if the government plans to send Navy warships. “We are not at war, we don’t need Navy warships.”
https://gcaptain.com/marcos-says-philippines-wont-send-warships-after-china-clashes/
https://gcaptain.com/marcos-says-philippines-wont-send-warships-after-china-clashes/
10. Orange Juice Tanker Saves Solo Sailor from Sinking Vessel in Atlantic. The U.S. Coast Guard and the crew of the orange juice tanker Orange Ocean successfully rescued a solo sailor in distress 420 miles north of Puerto Rico on Friday.
Kirill Vladimirovich Mikhaylov, a 53-year-old resident of St. Kitts and Nevis, was attempting a solo transit from Bermuda to St. Maarten aboard his 46-foot sailing vessel Poesterd when disaster struck.
https://gcaptain.com/orange-juice-tanker-saves-solo-sailor-from-sinking-vessel-in-atlantic/
https://gcaptain.com/orange-juice-tanker-saves-solo-sailor-from-sinking-vessel-in-atlantic/