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Excerpt: A new two-year global initiative is underway, focused specifically on moving the shipping industry from stated policy commitments to measurable, on-the-ground practice. Context: It’s a familiar pattern across many regulated industries: ambitious policy commitments are announced, celebrated, and then quietly under-delivered as the practical difficulty of implementation sets in. A newly launched two-year global

Excerpt: A new strategy on maritime digitalization is taking shape, aiming to bring the global shipping sector toward a more interconnected, automated future over the next several years. Body: Global shipping has historically lagged behind other major industries in digital transformation — a reality shaped by the sector’s fragmented regulatory landscape, its reliance on legacy

For much of the modern history of maritime regulation, fishing vessels have occupied an unusual position: unlike cargo ships and passenger vessels, they have not been subject to a binding international framework of safety standards. An agreement first adopted back in 2012 was designed to close that gap, but it required a specific threshold of

Excerpt: A newly adopted global framework combines mandatory emissions limits with a carbon pricing mechanism for the shipping industry — the first of its kind for any transport sector. Context: The shipping industry has entered a new phase of environmental regulation with the adoption of a Net-Zero Framework (NZF) — a package of measures that,