The 101st session of the MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE (MSC 101) will meet between Wednesday 5th and Friday 14th June 2019. Below you can find the INTERCARGO Pre-Brief, and accompanying attachments/papers, for this important meeting. The Pre-Brief...
Submission to the Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 6), 01-05 Jul. 2019 III 6/INF.8 – Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2009-2018 (see attached) Submissions to the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 101), 05-14 Jun. 2019 MSC 101-8...
The seventy-fourth session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) will meet between Monday 13 and Friday 17 May 2019. The INTERCARGO Pre-Brief for MEPC 74 can be found below. Key topics discussed in the brief include: Ballast...
On Thursday 9 May 2019, at the headquarters of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Mr William H. Burroughs of INTERCARGO Associate Member ABS delivered a very interesting and pertinent presentation on 2019 Ballast Water Management Best...
Update: 7 May 2019 INTERCARGO’s Database on Ship-Terminal Interface Issues, as updated on 7 May 2019, contains entries of 518 ports in 95 regions/countries. The Database has the information about port reception facility issues, as well as...
Dear Full Members of INTERCARGO, The 5th Session of IMO’ Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emissions (ISWG-GHG 5) is meeting on May 7-10 and will report the outcome of its deliberations to the following week’s MEPC 74. The agenda...
Update on 12 Apr 2019:- Brief report on outcome of IMO FAL 43 The 43rd session of IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL 43) will be held on 8-12 Apr 2019. Combating maritime corruption: FAL 43 agreed a new work program, with a target completion year of...
You may click here to download the INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2018. – February 2019 – Although there has been no reported loss of bulk carrier over 10,000 dwt in 2018, INTERCARGO urges all stakeholders to remain vigilant as...
One bulk carrier was expected to carry a cargo of “COPPER CONCENTRATE, GROUP A, UN 3077”. The cargo is: Cargo Group: Group A – para 7.2.1 of IMSBC Code indicates that “Group A cargoes contain a certain proportion of small particles and a...
Update: Mar 2019 A meeting of the Industry Lifeboat Group (ILG) is scheduled on 2 Apr 2019. The ILG meeting can be seen as a follow up to the IMO SSE 6 in Mar and the preparation for the coming MSC 101 in Jun 2019. Issues on lifeboat at SSE 6 SSE 6...
A very successful event took place today Wednesday 20 March 2019 in a full room at our London office with a presentation delivered by our Associate Member ClassNK in association with its affiliate NAPA, on the Topic : “Tools for improving...