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The first-ever global framework governing commercial shipping in polar zones isn't even in effect, yet activists and scientists are already pushing for stronger environmental protections. The ...

The International Maritime Organization has just signed off on an International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters, more simply known as the Polar Code. This was developed in response to already ...

A historic milestone was reached on New Year's Day 2017 when the International Maritime Organization's Polar Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters came into force. The "Polar Code," as it is widely ...

In an address to the general assembly of the International Maritime Organization, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp encouraged the IMO to address the pressing issues facing the international ...

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The recent announcement that insurer Lloyds of London is adopting its own Arctic shipping guidelines highlights troubling gaps in a coming set of shipping regulations, says Lars Erik Mangset, climate ...

The draft Polar Code (for which the boiler-plate introduction has yet to be written) is printed on 45 pages. Topics with increased emphasis in the draft mandatory version include stability in damaged ...

The Standard Club introduced the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (‘Polar Code’) as well as Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) amendments which were adopted in November 2014, in ...

Ships operating in the icy waters around the north and south poles will be subject to special regulations for the first time, after a Polar Code was adopted last week. The rules come in the wake of ...

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