1. Columbia Group launches PSC Challenge to boost seafarers’ readiness for inspections. Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM), part of Columbia Group, has unveiled the Port State Control (PSC) Challenge, a next-generation, gamified training app designed exclusively for its crews to enhance preparedness for PSC inspections.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/09/17/columbia-group-launches-psc-challenge-to-boost-seafarers-readiness-for-inspections/
2. Loss prevention more relevant than ever, argues IUMI. Addressing delegates at the International Union of Marine Insurance annual conference in Singapore, Pascal Dubois, Chair of the IUMI Loss Prevention Committee, reaffirmed the critical importance of loss prevention in maritime landscape.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/09/17/loss-prevention-more-relevant-than-ever-argues-iumi/
3. EU double standards on Russian LNG or economic reality? So I’m sure you would have all seen U.S. President Donald Trump this week urged the European Union to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and China to stop them buying cheap Russian oil.
https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2025/09/17/eu-double-standards-on-russian-lng-or-economic-reality/
4. ABS Chairman and CEO urges IMO to pause and rethink its Net Zero Framework. “Shipping and the IMO are on different trajectories. There is no clear pathway for green fuel availability and scalability and infrastructure support. LNG and biofuels are mission critical to any success and should not be overlooked, over penalized or discarded in the Net Zero regulation. Quite frankly, achieving net zero for shipping by 2050 looks like a wildcard.”
https://www.shipmanagementinternational.com/news/abs-chairman-and-ceo-urges-imo-to-pause-and-rethink-its-net-zero-framework
5. UK in Top 5, Leads the US in Global Shipping Industry Competitiveness. Cebr developed the Shipping Competitiveness Index, a first-of-its-kind, internationally benchmarked index of 44 maritime nations, which together represent over 80 percent of globally owned deadweight tonnage.
https://www.seanews.co.uk/maritime/uk-in-top-5-leads-the-us-in-global-shipping-industry-competitiveness
6. ABB and Hanwha Ocean Partner for Singapore’s First Floating LNG Terminal. The floating terminal will also feature ABB’s remote control and remote diagnostics system, its proven condition monitoring solution, and an enhanced power protection system (EPPS).
https://www.seanews.co.uk/maritime/abb-and-hanwha-ocean-partner-for-singapore-s-first-floating-lng-terminal
7. ISWAN Launches New Campaign to Spotlight YachtCrewHelp. The helpline is part of ISWAN’s Welfare of Yacht Crew Project, which works to ensure yacht crew and their families have the support and resources they need to thrive, and aims to drive meaningful crew-centred change across the yachting industry.
https://www.seanews.co.uk/maritime/iswan-launches-new-campaign-to-spotlight-yachtcrewhelp
8. Race for ZIM tipped to widen. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has hired Wall Street advisory house Evercore to trawl for alternative buyers, as early signals from CEO Eli Glickman and long-time shipping investor Rami Unger have failed to satisfy the board’s valuation expectations.
https://splash247.com/race-for-zim-tipped-to-widen/
9. Beirut blast shipowner arrested in Bulgaria five years after port tragedy. Bulgarian authorities have arrested Igor Grechushkin, the Russian owner of the cargo ship tied to the 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that caused the catastrophic Beirut port explosion in August 2020, Lebanese judicial officials confirmed yesterday.
https://splash247.com/beirut-blast-shipowner-arrested-in-bulgaria-five-years-after-port-tragedy/
10. Canada Approves Blackstone-Backed West Coast LNG Export Project. Canada cleared a C$10 billion ($7.3 billion) floating facility to export liquefied natural gas off its northwest coast as soon as 2028. Ksi Lisims LNG — backed by Blackstone Inc.-funded Western LNG, as well as Rockies LNG Partners and the Nisga’a Nation, an Indigenous group that owns the development land — is the first such major project to be approved under Prime Minister Mark Carney.
https://gcaptain.com/canada-approves-blackstone-backed-west-coast-lng-export-project/