This year, once again, 25 June will mark the annual Day of the Seafarer under the theme of Seafarer’s wellbeing. Click here for more information from the IMO webpage. Taking this opportunity, we would like to encourage INTERCARGO members to...
The 99th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 99) will take place between the 16th and 25th May 2018.
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The press release from Paris MoU dated today (click here to download), highlights a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on MARPOL Annex VI to be carried jointly with Tokyo MoU from Sept to Nov 2018. The CIC aims at checking the compliance with...
Please view INTERCARGO’s “Bulk Carrier Casualty report – Years 2008 to 2017 and the trends” attached. INTERCARGO submitted a paper to IMO, with reference III 5/INF.2 as attached, making the Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2017...
Mandatory requirements Since our first circular was sent to members on 20 Feb 2018 as quoted below, we have been closely monitoring feedback from bulk carriers on difficulties to comply the amendments to MARPOL Annex V which entered into force on 1...
The 29th session of the Editorial And Technical Group Of The Sub-Committee On Carriage Of Cargoes And Containers (E&T 29) met between 16 and 20 April 2018. As instructed by CCC 4 (October 2017) the two main tasks carried out by the Group were;...
The 72nd session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 72) will take place between the 9th and 13th April 2018. Below is the INTERCARGO draft pre-brief for this meeting. The topics discussed in the pre-brief are related to:...
At IMO this past week (3-6 April 2018) took place the 3rd Meeting of the IMO Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. INTERCARGO followed the deliberations in its consultative/observer status and you may refer to...
The IMO’s Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment held its 5th session (SSE 5) in London on 12-16 Mar 2018. Issues on the agenda of SSE 5 include fire-fighting (on Ro-Ro passenger ships), development of guidelines for cold ironing, life-saving...