Posidonia: Slaying mythical beasts in the IMO 2020 labyrinth

What a show! The Greek Shipping community put on a wonderful week for the rest of the world at Posid… Read more…

IBIA Privacy Policy (GDPR)

IBIA is improving its Privacy Policy reflecting the recent changes in the EU regarding the protectio… Read more…

Bob Sanguinetti

Bob Sanguinetti was born and raised in Gibraltar.  After graduating from Oxford University, he serv… Read more…

BIMCO Bunker Terms 2018 major step in the right direction

IBIA has reviewed the BIMCO Bunker Terms 2018 and some of our members have participated in the redra… Read more…

IMO meeting in July to continue 2020 preparations

The IMO has scheduled an extra meeting in July in order to make timely progress on preparations for … Read more…

Test data for 2017 show limited share of low sulphur residual fuels

Global marine fuel test data provided to the IMO’s sulphur monitoring programme shows a slight yea… Read more…

IMO takes first step toward Arctic HFO ban, but first needs to define ‘HFO’

The IMO has agreed to start work to develop a ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) fo… Read more…

MEPC 72: ISO confirms plans to develop interim guidance for 0.50%S bunker fuel

A representative for ISO has confirmed to the IMO that the standards organisation has been given the… Read more…

Items of interest for IBIA members from the IMO legal committee

Hello IBIA member. This is your IMO Representative reporting from the 105th session of the IMO’s L… Read more…

IBIA’s best practice for suppliers to form basis for developing IMO guidance

The first edition of IBIA’s “Best practice guidance for suppliers for assuring the quality of bu… Read more…