By Marcus Hand from Singapore------It has been two weeks since Hanjin Shipping dropped what Seaspan’s Gerry Wang likened to a nuclear bomb on the supply chain and huge uncertainty remains as to how the bankruptcy of the world’s seventh largest container shipping company will be unraveled. The numbers are staggering - $14bn worth of cargo [...]
Rear Admiral Paul Thomas, assistant commandant for prevention policy at the U.S. Coast Guard, has welcomed the news that the 2004 International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (Ballast Water Management Convention) has been ratified and will now enter into force in September 2017. It is an important step [...]
New Training Program for Class Surveyors We are proud to announce that ICS Class, a Recognized Organization (RO) duly authorized to perform statutory work on behalf of different flag States has developed a new and practical Training Platform for Class Surveyors worldwide. Our technical teams at ICSCLASS and Training have developed 15 IMO module courses [...]
