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    <title><![CDATA[Bahamas flag lowers fee in bid to attract new owners]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article176100.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Register suspends fees for a year for newcomers ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:14:04 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rina hit with $128m Al Salam Boccaccio 98 claim ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article174108.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Relatives of  those killed in casualty file civil suit in Genoa against classification society ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:23:27 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bad call from the EU]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article173373.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The commision’s push for mutual recognition of certificates opens the doors for shoddier players ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:11:34 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brussels moves to silence class law opponents]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article173287.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Transport chief  says opposition to mutual recognition of marine equipment  certificates based on misunderstandings ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:43:11 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[New IACS head to boost Asian contribution ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article172661.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Noboru Ueda says Asian class societies can make big contribution to the IMO ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:57:03 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Keeping standards]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article172076.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[IACS has opened up its membership but it must ensure only the elite are let in ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:51:04 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Class societies wait in line as IACS  admits Indian Register]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article171956.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Council to consider Polish Register’s application next as new member joins elite club ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:43:31 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[IACS welcomes Indian Register  ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article171838.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Indian Register of Shipping admitted as new member of International Association of Classification Societies  ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:46:34 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hellenic Register upbeat as Brussels decision looms]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article171272.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Classification society confident it will avoid de-recognition but EU sources cast doubt on prediction ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:59:14 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Posidonia 2010: Experts question slow steaming prospects]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article170715.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Growing number of experts doubt trend will survive once market picks up speed ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:55:07 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Class tells in battle to harness energy]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article170698.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Just as the classification societies help to implement maritime standards, so they can help the world towards more coherent, cleaner and diversified energy policies ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:22:46 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Straight talking from head of Korean Register]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article169556.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Compromise is not a word that sits easily with the ambitions of Oh Kong-gyun ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:27:42 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article169556.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Time to celebrate the Korean miracle ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article90514.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[50th anniversary of the Korean Register]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 16:00:57 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article90514.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Flag states slam Brussels over class legislation]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article50506.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Governments in bid to force EC to donwgrade regulation ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 10:36:22 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article50506.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Class reaches a turning point]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article38868.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[After a Brussels probe and the global slump, class societies face a challenging future ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article38868.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[BV creates web info source]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article38864.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Bureau Veritas director of shipmanagement Claude Maillot has turned to the web to create a central information source for BV’s classed owners
 ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ratifying IMO conventions]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article38865.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[ONE argument for the universal need of class societies in their current form is the dizzying array of regulation that will activate over the next five years and beyond
 ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article38865.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[GL to extend drydock intervals]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article7641.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Class society set to launch scheme that will allow ships to be inspected every 7.5 years ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:27:10 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article7641.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rina unveils new rules for offshore vessels]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article6859.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Rules represent revised versions of Rina’s existing rules   ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:28:57 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article6859.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[China surge pushes Rina fleet to new levels]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article6840.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Rina executives said the Asian surge bodes well, particularly considering newbuilding activity in China ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:28:46 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article6840.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Korea register urges revamp of class audits ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article6725.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[IMO should become umbrella for single class audit, says Korea Register of Shipping  chairman  ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:38:02 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article6725.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[CMA 2010: IACS raises quality concerns ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article6170.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Fears that move to outsource quality audits could dilute associations quality standards ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article6170.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Struggling MMM lays off employees]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/containers/article5844.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Malaysian Merchant Marine staff accept voluntary separation scheme ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/containers/article5844.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Spain v ABS to resume in New York federal court ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article5410.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[‘Biggest lawsuit in maritime history’ to be heard by judge who threw out earlier case
 ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article5410.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bureau Veritas warns of fall in marine revenues ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/containers/article5170.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Newbuilding order delays and cancellations likely to reduce revenues of its marine division in 2010 ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/containers/article5170.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bureau Veritas warns of fall in marine revenues]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/classification/article11621.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Newbuilding order delays and cancellations likely to reduce revenues of its marine division in 2010]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/classification/article11621.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Class proves its long-term worth ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article5237.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[In an exclusive interview with Lloyd’s List, the chief executive of Lloyd’s Register says  that political scrutiny of class societies has failed to recognise their value
 ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article5237.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Liner firms will show profits in 2010, says Germanischer Lloyd ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article5099.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Companies will be first to return to ordering newbuildings ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article5099.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Liner firms will show profits in 2010, says Germanischer Lloyd]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/classification/article11583.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Companies will be first to return to ordering newbuildings]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/classification/article11583.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Shipmanager seeks greater harmony between class societies and owners]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/classification/article10883.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[THE shipmanagement arm of Russian owner SCF has called for more open dialogue between class societies and ship-owners.]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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