IMO committee backs new checks to counter fraudulent ship registration
Proposed guidelines would strengthen verification, ownership records and oversight after the IMO reported 529 ships falsely flying a country’s flag.
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Maersk reports monitored return of container ship through Red Sea
The Singapore-flagged Maersk Sebarok completed an initial Bab el-Mandeb and Red Sea passage, but the company said no wider network change followed.
IMO backs draft framework linking cleaner ship fuels with emissions pricing
A proposed international regime would combine a fuel-intensity standard with an economic mechanism for ocean-going ships above 5,000 gross tonnage.