Update on 06 Jan 2025: INTERCARGO, in collaboration with ASPIDES, the EU Naval Force operating in the Red Sea area, organises a Webinar focusing on recent maritime security developments in the Red Sea and GOA regions. Webinar Details: Title:...
Update on 03 Jan 2025: The Database on Ship-Terminal Interface Issues contains entries of 780 ports in more than 100 regions/countries, based on 3543 Reports from masters of bulk carriers. In addition to the information about port reception facility...
Update on 30 Dec 2024:- The Navies’ Bridge Emergency Reference Cards Middle East were updated by the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC), as attached dated 20 Dec 2024, with the new MSCOI contact information. The first version was issued on 30...
The 109th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 109) took place from the 2nd to the 6th December 2024 and was attended by the INTERCARGO Secretariat. The key topics discussed included: Common Structural Rules – Rec 34 Standard Wave Data...
Update on 06 Dec 2024: The number of incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore area for the first six months of 2024 decreased to 37, compared to the same period in 2023, when 50 incidents were...
Update: 01 Dec 2024 Provisional guidance on the implementation of the Hong Kong and Basel Conventions with respect to the transboundary movement of ships intended for recycling IMO issued the attached IMO circular HKSRC.2/Circ.1 on Provisional...
Submissions to the Maritime Safety Committee 109th session (MSC 109), 02-06 December 2024 MSC 109/4/5 – Current status of IACS Rec.34/Rev.2 (see attached) MSC 109/19/4 – Proposal for a review of the Casualty Investigation Code (see...
Update: 15 Nov 2024 The Industry Guidelines on Cyber Security On Board Ships, version 5, was published on 14 Nov 2024. The guidelines have been reviewed and updated with the contribution from a wide range of industry associations, shipping...
Update on 14 Oct 2024: The Intersessional Working Group on the Comprehensive Review of the STCW Convention and Code held its first meeting (ISWG-STCW 1) from 7 to 11 October 2024. You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please Login. Not...
Shipping is by definition an international activity and IMO is the appropriate body to address its global challenges. INTERCARGO has been participating actively in the development of GHG reduction measures at IMO. An overview of the prevention of...
Revised Terminal Reporting Form, v.7.0 A revised terminal reporting form, version v.7.0, was circulated in April 2024 to collect feedback from captains of of the bulk carrier fleet of INTERCARGO members. The revised terminal reporting form includes...
The eighty-second session of IMO MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE (MEPC 82) met from Monday, 30 September to Friday, 04 October 2024 Key Topics The key topics discussed at MEPC 83 and may be of interest to Members included: Ballast Water...