Webinar -

Published: Aug 05, 2013 - The ITF Seafarers’ Trust announced on 31 July that its hundredth fellowship to study at the World Maritime University has been awarded to Rani Unnab

Professor, Sustainable Fisheries Management, Ocean Biodiversity and Marine Spatial Planning (Nippon Foundation Chair) (United Kingdom)

World Maritime University - A selection of papers and presentations from two maritime security symposia held at WMU: the International Symposium on the New Regime for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts at Sea, from 21-23 November 2005 and the International Symposium on Coastal Zone Piracy from 13-15 November 2006.

Chancellor (1991-2003) (Canada)

Published: Feb 01, 2017 - WMU alumnus, Ambassador Dwight Gardiner, Antigua and Barbuda's Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), has been

Published: Sep 14, 2022 - GEFO has collaborated with WMU repeatedly since 2014 for customized EPDCs for their employees.

Lecture -

Published: Mar 17, 2023 - WMU PhD Candidate, Ms Kristie Alleyne, has published as lead author some of her research findings on sargassum in Scientific Reports Nature.com.

Conferences -

Published: Sep 19, 2019 - The World Maritime University (WMU) and the Dr. Jens-Peter & Betsy Schlüter Foundation, with support of the International Maritime Organization (

Administrative -

Published: Feb 04, 2020 - As a partner in the SAFEMODE project, WMU is contributing to strengthening synergies between maritime and aviation in the field of human factors.The

Development Officer (Sweden)

Published: Jun 16, 2020 - WMU has joined the research project “EU Emission Trading System - impacts of including maritime transport” funded by Sweden's Trafikverket.

Published: Dec 12, 2018 - President Doumbia-Henry was a keynote speaker at the Ocean Literacy Conference that took place in Malmö, Sweden from 6 to 7 December. The conference

World Maritime University - An essential volume for maritime draftsmen, practitioners and scholars, that provides a summary of the history and theory of maritime law, as well as a hands-on practitioners’ guide that details the measures required for the implementation of IMO Conventions and treaty instruments.

Published: Mar 30, 2026 - WMU Professor Francis Neat has been appointed Co-Chair of the Workshop on Assessing Management Effectiveness of Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in Marine Capture Fisheries (WKAMO).

WMU Publications - Ship recycling is considered the most environmentally friendly way to dispose of a vessel reaching the end of her operational life. In 2013, the International Conference on Ship Recycling (SHIPREC 2013) was held in Malmö, Sweden from 7-9 April. The

World Maritime University - WMU organized Oil Spill Risk Management conference in March 2011 together with the International Maritime Organization. The volume includes a selection of papers presented during the conference addressing the topic of oil spill risk management and the preparedness and readiness of national jurisdiction, offshore and shipping industries.

World Maritime University - This revised third edition of the textbook for instructors, lecturers, and educators working with STCW in the maritime education and training sector has been revised and updated.

Published: Jul 10, 2024 - WMU welcomed visitors from the University of Gdańsk's ship R/V Oceanograf on its return from an Arctic expedition, and Dr Ellen Johannesen, who recently completed her PhD at WMU, joined the cruise for a period of one week to further her gender equality at sea research

World Maritime University - In January 2010 WMU organized a Ballast Water Week together with IMO’s GloBallast project, the Global Industry Alliance, and the North Sea Interreg project “Ballast Water Opportunity”.

Published: Jun 02, 2023 - The MSEM Class of 2024 includes 55 students, all from China, and sets a new enrolment record exceeding the previous year’s record of 52 students.

Published: Dec 04, 2025 - A pioneering research project to address the ongoing challenge of seafarer abandonment has been launched by WMU with generous financial support of the Transport General Authority (TGA) of Saudi Arabia.

MSIIPA

World Maritime University - Maritime Governance and Control – Rights and Obligations of States in Maritime Safety, Security and Environmental Protection, is a compilation of materials developed over the many years of Jørgen Rasmussen's teaching at the World Maritime University (WMU).

Published: Dec 09, 2022 - WMU's Closing the Circle Programme delivered a special session on sargassum at the 75th Conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute