REBEL governments have withdrawn their opposition to a joint European Union position for a key meeting on shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Governments withdraw opposition to united stand on greenhouse gas emissions

BOUND in and out of the Thames estuary, to and from the south, we would use the South Edinburgh Channel, which was narrow but sufficiently deep for our medium-sized ships and, I seem to recall, would give us a good view of the seals lolling on the nearby sands.

SOUTH Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has set itself ambitious targets to cut harmful emissions from the ships it produces.

THE Norwegian Coastal Administration is set to hand Cosco Shipping a bill for more than NKr230m ($39m) for the clean-up operation following the Full City grounding, writes Craig Eason .

ITALIAN and French coastal surveillance authorities are monitoring the movement of an oil slick created by a collision between a tug and the 5,782 teu CMA CGM Strauss in the port of Genoa last week, writes Andrew Spurrier in Paris.

Report highlights spill as the largest and most expensive in Norway’s history

HONG Kong’s maritime and logistics sectors were again largely ignored in the government’s budget yesterday, with just two new initiatives introduced that could help the industries, writes Keith Wallis in Hong Kong .

Spill created by collision between tug and CMA CGM Strauss

Budget sees only two initiatives to assist shipping