Media Release – 16 April 2018 “On IMO’s initial strategy for the reduction of GHG from ships” INTERCARGO welcomes the landmark initial strategy for the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) from ships adopted by IMO. We firmly believe that IMO is the...
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...
Reports on bulker casualties are not being made public even when lives are lost at sea and the findings could prevent future tragedies. Investigations into 29 of the 53 losses of bulk carriers over 2008-2017 which resulted in the deaths of 202 crew...
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...
“Intercargo report highlights worrying statistics on bulker losses and flag states’ performance in accident investigations.” You may refer to the TradeWinds article here.
You can refer to the Hellenic Shipping News article here. You may refer to the American Journal of Transportation article here. You may refer to the Naftika Chronika article here (in Greek). You may refer to the Dry Bulk magazine article here. You...