The Latest Breaking News from IMO

Due to the recent outbreak of Strep-A and the fear associated with it, patients and parents are “more inclined to attend early”

As international cruise ships once again ply our waters, there’s renewed debate about whether they belong in one of New Zealand’s - and the world’s - most precious places.

Member states of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the UN agency that regulates international maritime affairs, are meeting on December 5-16 to discuss how to accelerate the industry’s climate mitigation efforts.

The organisation accused the Government of not having a coherent policy on alcohol

Delegates from over 190 countries recently gathered in Lisbon for the UN Ocean Conference, the most important event on this issue this year. Opening the meeting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged governments "to raise their level of ambition for the recovery of ocean health".

Want to rent a flat or house? Be prepared to queue in the street, get into a bidding war or put down a deposit for somewhere you haven’t even seen

Billions of the pellets end up in the sea, killing turtles, whales and dolphins, and are washed up on beaches around the world

Imperial Oil Limited (NYSEAMERICAN: IMO) is set to release second-quarter results on Jul 29. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the to-be-reported quarter is a profit of $2.14 per share on revenues of $16.7 billion.

Told to reduce air pollution, the shipping industry could have switched to cleaner fuels – instead, many vessels turned to special devices that simply dump the toxins into the water

LONDON: If shipping is the beating heart of global trade, its pulse is about to get slower.

Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying they are now "state property", in the first such moves against commercial shipping, letters seen by Reuters showed.