Following the seizure of Greek flagged oil tankers “Delta Poseidon” and “Prudent Warrior” on 27 May 2022, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) jointly call for a quick and diplomatic resolution in order for the vessels and crew to be released.
1 June 2022
Statement
Ship operators are braced for further disruption to trading patterns as the European Union targets a sixth round of sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
26 May 2022
Article
Joint ICS-ITF Press Release on outcome of global minimum wage negotiations
18 May 2022
Press Release
Governments and land-based industries must account for shipping in infrastructure and investment plans to support their own decarbonisation goals, says report
17 May 2022
Article
New data released today has revealed how the global shipping industry will require the equivalent of the world’s entire current renewable energy demand in order to replace fossil fuel use.
17 May 2022
Press Release
The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) tripartite of shipowners, governments, and transport workers unions have agreed to new measures to strengthen the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
17 May 2022
Press Release
As the world tries to meet Paris Agreement ambitions on global warming, shipping could find itself increasingly in range of national abatement policies, says Dr Raphael Slade of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
12 May 2022
Article
The International Chamber of Shipping, representing 80% of world’s merchant fleet, signs its first Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Suez Canal Authority
11 May 2022
Press Release
When the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was set up in 1964, its goal was to
assist the fair integration of developing countries into the global economy.
10 May 2022
Article
Over 600 I-Kiribati seafarers have safely returned home, some after being stranded overseas for nearly two years
10 May 2022
Press Release