New Publications
Directive 002-2026 Merchant Shipping (Ship’s Medical Stores) Directive 2026
This Directive may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Ship’s Medical Stores) Directive 2026 and shall come into force on 1 January 2026
SOLAS Circular 2025-004 New SOLAS requirements for Lifting Appliances
This Circular provides guidance on the implementation of SOLAS Regulation II-1/3-13, adopted by Resolution MSC.532(107), introducing statutory requirements for the testing, examination, certification, and maintenance of lifting...
Directive 001-2026 Merchant Shipping (Testing of Lifting Appliances) Repeal Directive 2025
This Directive may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Testing of Lifting Appliances) Repeal Directive 2025 and shall come into force on 1 January 2026
Media
Antigua and Barbuda Shows Strong Leadership at Regional Maritime Conference
The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is hosting its annual CMU Industry Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica from 1st to 2nd October 2025, under the theme “Embracing the Blue Economy: Navigating the Future through Sustainable Development”....
Message from the President of the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC) Antigua and Barbuda Chapter
Antigua and Barbuda Highlights Ocean Protection Efforts on World Maritime Day
As the world observes World Maritime Day on the last Thursday of September, the Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping (ADOMS) is shining a spotlight on Antigua and Barbuda’s role in regulating international shipping and shaping international ocean...
