HEADLINES SELECTED BY INTERCARGO (20/09/2021 – 26/09/2021) Singapore widens seafarer vaccination campaign Singapore is widening its vaccination programme for seafarers calling at the key Asian port city. According to port agency GAC, Singapore...
Dear Full Members of INTERCARGO, The 9th Session of IMO’ Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emissions (ISWG-GHG 9) took place on 15-17 September 2021. A key item in its Agenda was to: further consider concrete proposals to...
The seventh session of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC 7) took place between the 6th and 10th September and was followed by the 35th meeting of the IMO’s Editorial and Technical Group (E&T 35) that took place...
The 7th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 7), originally scheduled to be held from 20 to 24 July 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and eventually held remotely from 12 to 16 July 2021. Here are...
The International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) recently finalized first edition of its Cybersecurity Guidelines for Ports and Port Facilities.
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IMO re-issued a circular MSC.1/Circ.1578 on Guidelines on safety during abandon ship drills using lifeboats on 14 Jul 2021, with the corrected reference to SOLAS regulation III/19.3.4.4 in footnote 4, as attached. This circular supersedes annex 2 to...
The 103rd session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 103) was held remotely from 5 to 14 May 2021. MSC 103 adopted amendments to SOLAS regulation III/33.2 and paragraph 4.4.1.3.2 of the International Life-Saving Appliance Code (LSA Code) You...
INTERCARGO has been provided with the below note from Roxburgh. The note provides information on cargoes (Iron Ore Fines) being loaded out of Pepel, Sierra Leone. According to the note, the cargoes present a liquefaction risk. You need to login to...
Thursday 8 July 2021 9-10am British Summer Time (BST) Seafarers spend long periods of time away from the home, with limited opportunities to communicate with their families whilst balancing their duties onboard under often challenging conditions...
The International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network has joined forces with The Shipowners’ Club to launch ISWAN for Seafarers, a new mobile app which can be used offline to access help, information, and support around the clock. You...
HEADLINES SELECTED BY INTERCARGO (21/06/2021 – 27/06/2021) Day of the Seafarer 2021: INTERCARGO Joins Calls for a Fair Future for Seafarers INTERCARGO is supporting the shipping community by encouraging bulk carriers in ports around the world...