2025 CIC: Focus on Ballast Water Compliance If your vessel calls the EU, the Paris MoU region or Asian ports, you face a real risk of inspection—and non‑compliant paperwork or standing can result in detention or bans. HEC helps ensure you’re in good standing with port‑state control regimes by preparing the required documentation [...]
Herbert Briefing: MEPC 78 (Including ISWG-GHG 11 & 12)
Background The IMO’s recent Marine Environmental Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 78) was held June 6th thru 10th, 2022. Prior to this meeting there were two preparatory meetings of the Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emission from Ships: ISWG-GHG 11 (March 14-18); ISWG-GHG- 12 (May 16-12). Due to the limited time to [...]
Briefing: IMO MEPC ISWG-GHG 11
Background: The 11th meeting of the Inter-sessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emission from Ships (ISWG-GHG 11) was held from the 14th to the 18th of March 2022. There have typically been one or two ISWG-GHG meetings held in between the full Marine Environmental Protection Committee meetings, the next one, MEPC 78, [...]
IMO MEPC 76 Meeting Approves Landmark GHG Regulations For Existing Ships
Background In June, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 76th Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) session. Arguably, the most important and time-consuming issue on the committee's agenda is the regulation of greenhouse Gases (GHG) from ships. Because the IMO is an agency of the United Nations (UN), IMO’s efforts on this subject have [...]