MarineCraft Journal | Regulation & Compliance Class surveys, flag state surveys, and Port State Control inspections each serve a different authority, follow different rules, and affect a vessel’s licence to trade in distinct ways. Understanding how they interact is fundamental to sound ship management, and to knowing which gaps in compliance carry the most commercial […]
Archives for April 2026
IMO Regulations 2025: What Shipowners Must Know and Do Now
MarineCraft Journal | Regulation & Compliance The IMO’s 2025 regulatory cycle is not a set of distant deadlines. It is an active compliance environment in which CII enforcement, the Mediterranean ECA, FuelEU Maritime, the Hong Kong Convention, and a suite of digital documentation requirements are reshaping fleet strategy, charter eligibility, and vessel values right now. […]
Drone Training for Maritime & Oil and Gas Workers: The Business Case for Action
MarineCraft Journal | Maritime Technology Drones are now embedded in day-to-day operations across ships, ports, offshore platforms, refineries, and pipelines. The question for maritime and oil and gas organisations is no longer whether to deploy them. It is whether the workforce is trained to do so safely, legally, and to a standard that holds up […]
