In response to today's increasingly complex operating environment, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has launched a completely new edition of its Guidelines on the Application of the IMO International Safety Management (ISM) Code, originally published in 1993 with over 50,000 copies sold worldwide

Black Bear Carbon announced that it aims to develop its next Tire-to-Carbon-Black-Upcycling-Plant at the Port of Rotterdam.

Antwerp XL, the world’s only event dedicated exclusively to maritime breakbulk, will have an expanded show floor and an even greater international audience when it returns to the Port of Antwerp on 21st-23rd April 2020.

Survitec has taken lifejacket safety and performance beyond the regulatory requirement with the introduction of a lifejacket range that has a minimum 150 Newton buoyancy.

Deme, Engie, Exmar, Fluxys, Port of Antwerp, Port of Zeebrugge and WaterstofNet have signed an agreement to undertake projects that shape the production, transport and storage of hydrogen.

A new combi wall at the Port of Gdańsk, Poland, begun in February 2019, will result in a new wharf by 2020 that will be 1,220 meters (4,000 feet) long. The most important part of the wharf, the steel piles, came from SSAB.­

Members of the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 have expressed disappointment in Malaysia's decision to prohibit the use of open-loop exhaust gas cleaning systems in its coastal waters.

- Builds on existing seven-year long agreement and strategic partnership

- Professionalism and attention to detail key reasons for the renewal

- CEVA Logistics, a global expert in tire logistics

• Seaborne cargo throughput grows 3.2 percent to 104 million tons

• Container handling up 6.9 percent at seven million TEU

• Double-digit 11.9 percent growth in hinterland rail traffic

• Slight 2.1 percent downturn in bulk cargo handling

The event aspires to enhance the collaboration between the industry’s key players, decision makers, and prominent educational institutes in the region

• Exhibitor increase of 16 percent with 158 companies from 24 countries
• More than half of the exhibitors from abroad
• Turkey proves to be a logistics hub in the Mediterranean region

The Port of Los Angeles and Copenhagen Malmö Port AB (CMP) have entered into a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on sustainability and environmental issues. Officials from both ports signed the MOU at a ceremony held at the Port of Los Angeles Friday last week.

The UK’s shipping association has today (Tuesday 19 November) launched its four-point plan for the 2019 General Election. In its ‘Stand up for Shipping’ manifesto, the Chamber calls for more investment to make the UK a world leader in green maritime technology and tax credits for companies who invest in research and development to help cement the UK as a world leading shipping nation.

A new partnership between ISWAN and ShipMoney providing relief to seafarers in need

The IMO, which met in London this week to discuss how the shipping industry can continue to decarbonise, has agreed that a goal-setting approach is the best way to reduce carbon emissions in the short-term. Full details of the approach will be resolved next year.