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...
Update on 07 Jan 2021: Contents: Grounding of Wakashio Liquefaction of nickel ore cargo Parana River – grounding incidents Bulk Carrier incident statistics from 2016 Lessons learned You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please Login...
According to an IMO resolution MSC.428(98), cyber risks are to be addressed in safety management systems (SMS) no later than the first annual verification of the company’s Document of Compliance (DOC) after 1 Jan 2021. The approved SMS should...
The 2018 amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006 will enter into force on 26 Dec 2020. They are mainly about: “a seafarer’s employment agreement shall continue to have effect while a seafarer is held captive on or off the ship as a...
Update on 02 Dec 2020:- Contents: MDAT-GoG Monthly Report, Nov 2020 Threat Assessment, Gulf of Aden regions Industry Releasable Threat Bulletin, external explosion on the port side of tanker AGRARI Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia –...