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Regulation & Compliance
IMO, EU and flag-state rulemaking and what it demands from ships and their owners — deadlines, documentation and the practical work of staying compliant.
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News · Regulation & Compliance Emissions Compliance Becomes Commercial Lever for Shipowners
OceanScore explains how EU ETS, UK ETS, FuelEU Maritime and ESI can shift from compliance costs to commercial advantage for ship operators.
News · Regulation & Compliance 2026 PSC CIC on Cargo Securing: What Owners Must Know
Paris and Tokyo MoUs will run a cargo securing CIC from September to November 2026, DNV outlines key inspection focus areas.
News · Regulation & Compliance EU's 10th MED Implementing Regulation Takes Effect Aug 2026
DNV outlines updated MED testing and type-approval requirements under EU Regulation 2026/1434, effective 31 August 2026.
News · Regulation & Compliance EU ETS and FuelEU 2026: Methane Counts, Scoping Rules Bite
Methane and N2O enter the EU ETS in 2026 while two scoping rules under FuelEU Maritime decide which port calls actually count.
General Cargo Ship Corsica Banned from Paris MoU Ports
Paris MoU has issued a three-month access ban on the 26-year-old Corsica after 11 detainable deficiencies found in Constanta.
Vulin Banned from Paris MoU Region After Third Detention
General cargo ship Vulin faces a three-month Paris MoU access ban after its third detention in 36 months, Paris MoU reports.
News · Regulation & Compliance South Africa's Top Court Ends Shell's Wild Coast Lease Bid
South Africa's Constitutional Court has blocked renewal of Shell's Wild Coast offshore exploration lease, ending its legal options.
News · Regulation & Compliance Jones Act Waiver Extension Splits U.S. Maritime Industry
Trump extends the Jones Act waiver 90 more days with tighter review, drawing mixed reactions from shipbuilders, operators and reform advocates.
News · Regulation & Compliance Shipping Groups Push Back on Possible Hormuz Transit Fees
Eight shipowner groups warn the UN and IMO against compulsory Hormuz transit charges amid Iran-Oman talks on a new strait framework.
News · Regulation & Compliance ClassNK Issues Edition 2.0 of Container Ship Fire Safety Guide
ClassNK updates its container carrier firefighting guidelines with revised equipment rules and new monitoring measures.
The engine room detains the ship: what 52,000 port state control inspections in 2025 reveal
Port state control inspections of 52,020 ships in 2025 found 141,965 deficiencies and 1,943 detentions, with engine room failures being the leading cause.
The IMO Net-Zero Framework, explained: targets, the two-tier carbon price and what to do before March 2028
IMO's Net-Zero Framework sets emission limits and carbon pricing with adoption vote in December 2026 and remedial units of $100/$380 per vessel.
Paris MoU detention rate reaches 4.18% — but the longer view complicates the story
Paris MoU detention rate rises to 4.18% in 2025 from 4.03% in 2024, returning to 2022 levels.
RightShip's age threshold drops to 11 years — and its own PSC data explains why
From July 1, 2026, RightShip inspections will be required for dry bulk and general cargo ships aged 11 years and over based on PSC risk data.
What a CIC actually costs: 30 detentions traced to one ballast water question
Tokyo MoU's 2025 ballast water campaign: 9,244 inspections, 184 detentions traced to one deficiency code in concentrated inspection drive.
Ship cyber security: which rules actually apply to your vessel?
Maritime cyber security rules split between IMO safety-management and IACS class regimes with different vessel applicability and implementation dates.
ABS reviews bound4blue's Pwind method, easing the compliance case for wind propulsion
ABS reviews bound4blue's Pwind method for eSAIL sails, enabling wind propulsion credit toward EEDI, EEXI and FuelEU Maritime compliance.
Confident but wrong: shipping wakes up to the AI hallucination risk
Maritime professionals face significant AI hallucination risks in voyage planning and compliance, with surveys showing one-third encountering false results.
The regulations that will affect shipowners in 2026 — a compliance calendar
Multiple maritime regulations take effect in 2026: FuelEU Maritime verification, EU ETS, CII ratings, IMO net-zero framework, and technical rules.
Ballast water management: where compliance actually fails
Ballast water treatment systems fail compliance due to inoperable equipment, record errors, sediment problems, and inadequate operational discipline.
The most common engine-room inspection risks — and why they recur
Port state control inspectors repeatedly find deficiencies in oily-water separators, quick-closing valves, emergency systems, hot-surface lagging and bilge
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