Rear Admiral Iain Lower will succeed Captain Ian McNaught in February 2024 as the head of the maritime organisation

Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a second revolutionary electric-powered Tug of the Future to HaiSea Marine in Canada to work alongside its sister as a key member of the most environmentally-friendly tugboat operation in the world.

He served for twenty years in various vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Highlights of his time were being the first RFA officer to attend the Long Navigation  Course (topping the sea time component), and also beating the entire Naval fleet in a midshipmen’s cup race in his very early years.

“My parents knew that if I went fishing, I’d not experience much of the world. It’s a way of life and you have to give everything to it. You don’t get many days of annual leave a year and must work to the weather as they say. They said, ‘If you want to go down that road, that’s fine, but go off and get some qualifications first’. After I’d finished school, they encouraged me to do Nautical Science – the first step towards a cadetship in Ireland.”

June 13, 2023, Halifax, NS – With the arrival of the MSC Elma on Sunday, June 11 to PSA Halifax Atlantic Hub, the Port of Halifax has officially welcomed its fifth MSC Service. The Ecuador to NWC Service rotation includes stops at Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Halifax, Boston, Freeport, Balboa, Guayaquil, Puerto Bolivar, Guayaquil, Paita, Cristobal, Moin and Antwerp.

IHMA is pleased to introduce its newest Commercial members Xanatos Marine

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The Transport Evolution Africa Awards are here!
The Transport Evolution Africa awards recognise, reward, and celebrate the success of trailblazers who are transforming the transport and logistic industry, including those who made a significant impact in terms of driving enterprise development, sustainability, inclusivity, and efficiency.

The nomination closes on 23 June 2023.

IHMA has chosen, ‘THE MARINE ADVENTURE - Evolving and adapting to change in today’s ports’ as the theme for the 14th International Harbour Masters’ Association's Congress which will be hosted in Morocco by Tanger Med Port Authority from 21 to 24 May 2024.

As part of IMO’s work to ensure that its regulatory framework for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) keeps pace with rapidly evolving technological developments, the Joint MSC-LEG-FAL Working Group on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS-JWG) held its second session from 17 to 21 April at IMO HQ.  A seminar to discuss legal issues concerning MASS preceded the session.   

On 18 April 2023, the European Parliament adopted the final EP-Council agreement for the revised EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).