MEPC.398(83) recertification procedures for substantially modified or re-tiered marine diesel engines entered into force on 1 September 2026, with an…
Category: Regulatory Updates
MSC Shipmanagement and Owner Pay $1.75 Million After MSC Samira III Oil Record Book Case
MSC Shipmanagement and the owner of MSC Samira III were sentenced to a combined $1.75 million and four years of…
Regulas Shipping News — Issue 06 — 09 September 2026
Issue 06 PDFDownload the full Regulas Shipping News newsletter (09 September 2026) Download Newsletter PDF R Regulas Shipping Private Limited…
Paris and Tokyo MoU Cargo-Securing CIC Is Live as China MSA Checks Ten Items Through November
The 2026 Port State Control Concentrated Inspection Campaign on cargo securing is no longer a planning circular. It opened on…
EU ETS 70 Percent Surrender Deadline Falls on 30 September as EUA Prices Sit Near €83
Shipping companies have 23 days to surrender EU Allowances covering 70 percent of verified 2025 CO2 in the maritime EU…
IMO Net-Zero Talks Keep GHG Pricing on the Table but Leave Operators Without Final MARPOL Text
ISWG-GHG 22 closed in London without a clean Annex VI text. A majority still backs a central GHG price and…
Iran Expands Hormuz Blacklist Toward 56 Ships as IRGC Claims Mine Hits on Tankers
Around 2 September, reporting said Iran added about 11 vessels to the PGSA non-compliant list (toward ~56 ships) while IRGC…
Qatar Joins Iran-Oman Talks on Temporary Hormuz Shipping Corridor
On 27 August, Qatar's prime minister discussed Iran and Oman's proposed temporary Hormuz navigation corridor in Tehran — as regional…
Iran and Oman Agree Temporary Seven-Mile Hormuz Corridor Framework
Iran and Oman outlined a phased framework for a temporary joint navigational corridor about seven miles wide in the Strait…
Eight Shipping Associations Warn UN and IMO Against Hormuz Transit Tolls
ICS, BIMCO, INTERTANKO and five other associations told the UN and IMO that compulsory Hormuz tolls or “service fees” would…
