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Guidance regarding portable and personal CO2 detection

Posted: Oct 22, 2026

Guidance regarding portable and personal CO2 detection

What vessels need for carbon dioxide detection, and what inspectors should expect to see

Since 3 December 2025, MSC.581(110) replaced A.1050(27) as the IMO benchmark for enclosed space entry, and for the first time it named CO2 explicitly such that it is now the de facto industry expectation to have a means to detect CO2 onboard wherever CO2 is a foreseeable hazard, even though the resolution itself is recommendatory.

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Crew annual inspection of Permanent Means of Access on oil tankers

Posted: Jun 26, 2026

Crew annual inspection of Permanent Means of Access on oil tankers

Lloyds Registry

New IMO updates under MSC.1/Circ.1572/Rev.2 require annual crew inspections of Permanent Means of Access (PMA) on oil tankers.

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IMO approves International Gas Code 2028 amendments

Posted: Jun 26, 2026

IMO approves International Gas Code 2028 amendments

Lloyds Registry

Significant amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) are expected to come into force on 1 July 2028.

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Hold cleaning in a nutshell (time charters)

Posted: Feb 5, 2026

Hold cleaning in a nutshell (time charters)

West of England

The state of the holds on delivery is usually a requirement to validly tender an N.O.R. In the absence of any specific clause, most charters require that the ship be “ready to receive cargo with clean swept holds” (e.g. line 22 NYPE) i.e. she is ready to commence loading without delay.