We explain international regulations, maritime laws, and government standards thoroughly to understand how they affect trade, safety, and compliance. This category explains how decisions and regulations affect all individuals in the shipping industry.
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FeaturedFive weeks after Ursula von der Leyen proposed the EU's 21st Russia sanctions package on June 9, member states have yet to adopt it, while sanctioned tankers cross European waters under false Malian flags.
Kemal Can Kayar|4 min read|Jul 14, 2026
The US Treasury adds the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to its SDN list under counter-terrorism authorities, exposing owners, insurers and banks that facilitate Iran's Hormuz transit fees to secondary sanctions.
Kemal Can Kayar|3 min read|May 28, 2026
The White House releases America's Maritime Action Plan, proposing a universal cargo fee on foreign-built vessels calling US ports, up to 100 Maritime Prosperity Zones and a trust fund for shipbuilding revival.
Kemal Can Kayar|3 min read|Feb 13, 2026
The EU's prohibition on importing diesel, jet fuel and other products refined from Russian crude in third countries takes effect, closing the refine-and-re-export loophole and shifting the compliance burden onto importers.
Kemal Can Kayar|4 min read|Jan 21, 2026
Kenya is sending a senior delegation to Singapore to negotiate mutual recognition of its seafarer certificates, a move aimed at lifting Kenyan crews into better paid and better protected jobs at sea.
Kemal Can Kayar|4 min read|Nov 23, 2025
America’s seaport industry is raising the alarm in response to sweeping trade-measures announced by the Office of the U.S.
Kemal Can Kayar|2 min read|Oct 21, 2025
Brussels, Oct 20 2025 — The European External Action Service (EEAS) is pressing for a new maritime declaration designed to allow EU member states to board and inspect vessels belonging to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers.
Kemal Can Kayar|3 min read|Oct 20, 2025
LONDON – Environmental campaigners are calling on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to exclude crop-based biofuels from its upcoming global decarbonisation regime, arguing that the inclusion of such fuels would undermine genuine efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse‐gas emissions in the maritime sector.
Kemal Can Kayar|2 min read|Oct 20, 2025
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is facing a pivotal moment.
Kemal Can Kayar|3 min read|Oct 15, 2025