The International Maritime Organization (IMO) serves not only as an important regulatory body for our industry, but also as a place where various sectors of the industry can meet, discuss, and develop policy to guide the future of intern...
22 August 2019Industry InvolvementEarlier this month IRI’s Elizabeth Bouchard, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Administration presented at the 2019 Europe-Korea Conference on Science and Technology (EKC 2019) in Vienna, Austria. Speaking on the Maritime Safety & Envi...
1 August 2019Industry Involvement, Latest NewsIRI/The Marshall Islands Registry participated in the 2019 National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) Seafloor Investigations Workshop in Ashburn, Virginia. President Bill Gallagher and Senior Vice President, Maritime Administration...
17 July 2019Industry InsightIRI/The Marshall Islands Registry participated in a seminar hosted by Pantheon Tankers Management 3 July 2019. Dionysis Peppas, HSQE Manager, and Capt. Lekatsas from Pantheon Tankers Management opened the seminar. Capt. Theodore Lalas, I...
11 July 2019Industry InvolvementThe global maritime community celebrates Day of the Seafarer (DotS) on 25 June 2019. This year’s campaign promotes gender equality and demonstrates the importance and value of women within the professional ranks. Led by the Internation...
25 June 2019Industry Involvement, Latest NewsNautical inspectors from seven countries attended a three-day seminar with the theme “Perspectives” at International Registries Inc.’s (IRI’s) Fort Lauderdale, Florida office on 18-20 June. The seminar provided technical training...
25 June 2019Port State Control, RegulatoryAfter a 54-year career in the maritime industry, including 25 years with IRI, Captain Tom Heinan is retiring....
20 June 2019Industry Involvement, Registry UpdateThe Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) remains on the white list for Paris MoU for 2019. Paris MoU Committee published the 2018 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations (ROs) at...
19 June 2019Port State Control, UncategorizedCaptain Theodore Lalas, Operations Manager, IRI Piraeus, presented at Chartworld Shipping Corporation / V.Ships Cyprus Limited’s Senior Officers’ Training Seminar from 14-15 May 2019 in Batumi, Georgia. More than 50 senior officers j...
5 June 2019Port State ControlThe Marshall Islands Registry was delighted to once again support the 2019 Greek Shipping Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner on 8 April 2019 in Athens. Theo Xenakoudis, Director, Worldwide Business Operations at IRI/The Marshall ...
26 April 2019Industry InvolvementIRI/The Marshall Islands Registry participated in Olympic Shipping and Management S.A. and Springfield Shipping Co. Panama S.A.’s Officers Forum held from 4-5 April 2019. These forums, part of the company’s safety management system ...
19 April 2019Industry Insight, Industry Involvement, Latest NewsIRI/The Marshall Islands Registry participated in Athens University’s School of Economics and Business “MSc in International Shipping, Finance and Management” program held on 11 April 2019. This program aims to bring graduate students ...
14 April 2019Industry Involvement, Latest NewsThe Piraeus office was pleased to host the 7th Annual Regional Technical Meeting with the Classification Societies at the Yacht Club of Greece on 21 March 2019. Executives and representatives from the International Association of Classif...
28 March 2019Industry Insight, Industry InvolvementThe Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry has earned a perfect rating in the International Chamber of Shipping’s (ICS’s) annual ‘Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table’ for 2018/2019....
26 March 2019Latest NewsIRI Chief Operating Officer John Ramage explains why a successful ship registry is not about personalities, but a team....
6 March 2019UncategorizedThe Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) flagged ship DS WISCONSIN, has successfully transported equipment needed for the construction of a new wharf at the Rothera Research Station in Antarctica. Rothera Research Station is the larges...
4 March 2019Industry InsightRepublic of the Marshall Islands Registry (RMI) representatives and DNV-GL met earlier this month in Høvik, Norway to discuss ongoing shared quality and safety projects related to DNV-GL’s Fit for Purpose program. Such meetings build ...
15 February 2019Industry Insight, Industry Involvement, Registry UpdateIRI/The Marshall Islands Registry is proud to recognize the following Marshall Islands flagged vessels for their membership in the USCG Qualship 21 program (updated 8 August 2019):...
8 February 2019Port State Control, Registry Update, qualship 21The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry’s Maritime Services Group (MSG) held its first meeting of 2019 at International Registries, Inc.’s (IRI’s) Ft. Lauderdale, Florida office. The January 2019 MSG meeting focused o...
20 January 2019Latest News, Registry Update, MSGIRI/The Marshall Islands Registry organized a successful seminar in November at the Fairmont Grand Hotel in Kiev, Ukraine to discuss the RMI Associations Law and the RMI Yacht Code. This seminar was a unique event for the Ukrainian marke...
15 January 2019Corporate, Industry Involvement, Registry Update, YachtsIRI/The Marshall Islands Registry is proud to support Isalos.net and its educational initiative of Greece. Isalos.net aims to link the shipping community to the next generation, while also being a platform for providing information and...
10 January 2019Industry InvolvementThe International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargo and Containers (CCC) has a new chair. MaryAnne Adams, Deputy Commissioner of Maritime Affairs of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has been...
2 January 2019RegulatoryTheofilos Xenakoudis, Managing Director of the IRI Piraeus office and Director, Worldwide Business Operations was interviewed by Gina Panayiotou on “It’s ALL about Shipping.” Hear what he has to say on the vision and activities of ...
19 December 2018Industry Involvement, Latest News
