Joint Media Release – 10 March 2021 issued by BIMCO, CLIA, IMCA, INTERCARGO, INTERFERRY, International Chamber of Shipping INTERTANKO, IPTA and World Shipping Council. INDUSTRY BACKS UNITED NATIONS $5 BILLION “Moon-Shot” PROGRAMME TO...
Joint Media Release – 9 March 2021 “Round Table Shipping Organisations Highlight Key Issues for the Maritime Industry” March 09, 2021: Leaders of the Round Table of International Shipping Associations – BIMCO, INTERCARGO...
A number of fatalities and serious injuries were suffered by divers conducting ship inspections and other underwater ship husbandry work. International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI), et...
Security experts of the Round Table of Shipping Associations (BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO) and OCIMF developed the draft Strategy for Gulf of Guinea Counter-Piracy Initiatives and agreed to seek inputs and comments from key stakeholders...
Dear Members, The IMO hosted on 9 and 10 February 2021, as pre-announced here, a Symposium on alternative low-carbon and zero-carbon fuels to take stock of ongoing initiatives on alternative low-carbon and zero-carbon fuels for shipping. You need...
The IMO’s Facilitation Committee agreed to develop guidance to address maritime corruption. A correspondence group (CG) was established for this purpose during in Oct 2020, with INTERCARGO as one of its members. The guidance, if approved, would be...
Working together to improve shipping’s safety performance INTERCARGO, as a member of Together in Safety, a coalition of more than 20 leading shipping organisations focused on improving safety in the sector, is pleased to share the Shipping Safety...
INTERCARGO is a signatory of The Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change. The Covid-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented crew change crisis which has led to hundreds of thousands of seafarers being impacted and in many...
On 31 Dec 2020, oil tanker MT POLA was conducting a ship-to-ship transfer with the MT NORDIC FREEDOM when a likely deliberately-placed Limpet Mine was discovered attached to the MT POLA’s hull. The MT POLA had been at anchor at the KAZ anchorage...