As a special meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC/ES.2) closes in London, the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) expressed its huge disappointment in the decision by member states to delay consideration of...

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed to adjourn the extraordinary session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), which was convened this week (14 to 17 October 2025) to consider the adoption of draft amendments to MARPOL Annex VI,...

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News of China’s recent retaliatory tonnage charges on US-linked vessels has spread through the shipping market like wildfire, marking a significant step in the further escalation of ongoing trade tensions between the US and China. A previous article summarized the...

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Trade flows are bound to be disrupted from the spillover of trade tensions in the shipping market. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Gibson said that “both the US and China imposed prohibitively expensive port fees on tonnage linked to the other country. The...

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