IMO Adopts World’s Largest Emission Control Area and Other Issues at MPEC

Published May 1, 2026 7:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

While much of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MPEC 84) was bogged down with political positioning and stalling tactic...

IMO Delays Decisions but Maps Steps for Net-Zero Framework at Close of MPEC

Published May 1, 2026 5:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

Two weeks of hard-fought discussions at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on the approach to the Net-Zero Framework (N...

Published Apr 29, 2026 11:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

Researchers have long understood that land-based pollution sources are a leading cause of environmental harm in the ocean, from pl...

Published Apr 29, 2026 5:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a massive bust of illegal shark fins, seized at ports around the United States. C...

Published Apr 28, 2026 3:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

Delegates to the International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee’s 84th Session appear to have tak...

Published Apr 27, 2026 6:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

The battle lines are being drawn, and the protestors are on the doorstep of the International Maritime Organization as it resumes...

Published Apr 22, 2026 10:19 PM by Sean M. Holt

For residents living near ports, seafarers working aboard ships and passengers stepping ashore, the question is no longer abstract...

Published Apr 17, 2026 11:42 PM by Sean Hogue

The age of global LNG is upon us. In the latter half of 2025, the global supply increased nearly seven percent. This came largely...

Published Apr 17, 2026 5:18 PM by The Conversation

[By Liam Lachs, Adriana Humanes and James Guest] As global warming accelerates, extreme heatwaves are causing widespread death of...

Published Apr 12, 2026 11:12 AM by The Maritime Executive

A new segment of shipping, purpose-built CO2 carriers designed to support the emerging efforts at carbon capture and storage (CCS)...