Dear Members of INTERCARGO,
Warmest wishes on behalf of our Secretariat for the New Year 2025!
Please refer to the New Year Welcome message by John Xylas, INTERCARGO’s Chairman as of Jan. 1st, which also features a preview of our Association’s new logo to be launched this month.
A brief review follows of our Association’s latest and upcoming activities:
Membership updates;
INTERCARGO’s next semi-annual meetings;
Media releases / Public communications / Association news;
Calendar of meetings & events;
Publications-reports-papers;
Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Work Programme;
Members’ Surveys & Reporting;
Regular circulars;
Secretariat & other updates.
In more detail:
Membership updates
New members in December 2024:
– Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology (Associate)
– Wenz & Associates Inc. (Associate)
New Members that joined in 2024 are listed here.
INTERCARGO’s spring semi-annual meetings
The 2025 “spring” semi-annual INTERCARGO meetings are planned to take place in Guangzhou, China during the week of 12-16 May 2025 (in person, with remote participation also possible). Relevant notifications will be circulated soonest.
Media releases / Public communications / Association news
– “INTERCARGO Annual Review Details Progress in Safety, Sustainability and Growth” (Dec. 23)
– “INTERCARGO welcomes RightShip’s recent announcement of a revised age trigger inspection timeline” (Dec. 11)
– INTERCARGO’s communications on LinkedIn can be viewed & followed here
– You may view all INTERCARGO’s Media releases here
Calendar of meetings & events
– IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 109), Dec. 2-6, please refer here
– (upcoming) INTERCARGO-hosted EU NAVFOR ASPIDES webinar, Jan. 14, please refer here
– (upcoming) IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON SHIP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (SDC 11), Jan. 13-17
For a detailed account of recent & upcoming meetings/events, please refer to the calendar (latest update as of January 7, posted attached to this webpage)
Publications, reports & papers
– NEW INTERCARGO Annual Review 2023-2024 – please see here
– INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2024 – please see here
– NEW EDITION Guidelines on Cyber Security On Board Ships – please see here
– INTERCARGO Benchmarking Report 2023-2024 – please see here
– INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2014-2023 – please see here
– INTERCARGO ESG Review 2024 – please see here
– INTERCARGO video “Dry Bulk Shipping video: Sustainably serving the world’s essential needs” – please see here
For all publications, please see here
Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Work Programme
– Design & Construction, Machinery & Operations – please see here
– Piracy – please see here
– Emissions – please see here
– Ports & Terminals – please see here
– IMO – please see here
– Other Legislation – please see here
Members’ Surveys & Reporting
For our Surveys & Reporting, including the below, please refer for details here
– Terminal Reporting
– Safe Loading/Unloading at Anchorage
– Crew injury frequency and lost time
– Other experience sharing
Regular circulars
– Dry bulk trade and fleet update (monthly, also posted here)
– Selected Headlines on Alternative Fuels & Technologies (also posted here)
– Selected News Headlines (also posted here)
– INTERCARGO in the News (please see here)
– Technical Updates (also posted here)
– the present update of Secretariat activities (monthly, also posted here)
Secretariat & other updates
INTERCARGO Secretariat address: In November our Secretariat was pleased to update you about our Offices relocation to our new address: 1st floor, 8-9 Northumberland Street, London WC2N 5DA
You are invited to also refer to our Association’s circulars shared via regular emailing
and consult the articles on our website https://www.intercargo.org/, where the latest updates are posted on the Homepage under:
– IN FOCUS
– LATEST ARTICLES (Noticeboard, Association News, Media Releases)
– and MEMBER NEWS (includes access to industry events);
also navigate the MENU (top of page) for Topics, News, and other categories of updates.
For any question or clarification, do not hesitate to contact me and our Secretariat at info@intercargo.org.
Kind regards
Kostas
Kostas Gkonis
Secretary General
For the 2024 monthly updates, please see here
