Update on 24 May 2019:- The INTERCARGO Terminal Reporting scheme encourages bulk carrier masters to report all ship-terminal interface issues, such as difficulties related PSC and corruption issues linked to officials of various authorities...
Submission to the Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 6), 01-05 Jul. 2019 III 6/INF.8 – Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2009-2018 (see attached) Submissions to the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 101), 05-14 Jun. 2019 MSC 101-8...
Dear Full members of INTERCARGO, As the IMO MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE (MEPC 74) meeting has just concluded, we are glad to share with you the attached Brief on its Outcome (with a number of attachments) that the Secretariat prepared...
The seventy-fourth session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) will meet between Monday 13 and Friday 17 May 2019. The INTERCARGO Pre-Brief for MEPC 74 can be found below. Key topics discussed in the brief include: Ballast...
On Thursday 9 May 2019, at the headquarters of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Mr William H. Burroughs of INTERCARGO Associate Member ABS delivered a very interesting and pertinent presentation on 2019 Ballast Water Management Best...
Update: 7 May 2019 INTERCARGO’s Database on Ship-Terminal Interface Issues, as updated on 7 May 2019, contains entries of 518 ports in 95 regions/countries. The Database has the information about port reception facility issues, as well as...
Dear Full Members of INTERCARGO, The 5th Session of IMO’ Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emissions (ISWG-GHG 5) is meeting on May 7-10 and will report the outcome of its deliberations to the following week’s MEPC 74. The agenda...
Media Release – 24 April 2019 “INTERCARGO on Bulk Carrier Casualties reporting” INTERCARGO’s Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2018 provides an analysis of reported bulk carrier losses during the period from 2009 to 2018, when 188 lives were lost and...
Update on 12 Apr 2019:- Brief report on outcome of IMO FAL 43 The 43rd session of IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL 43) will be held on 8-12 Apr 2019. Combating maritime corruption: FAL 43 agreed a new work program, with a target completion year of...
You may click here to download the INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2018. – February 2019 – Although there has been no reported loss of bulk carrier over 10,000 dwt in 2018, INTERCARGO urges all stakeholders to remain vigilant as...
The 6th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 6) will be held at IMO Headquarters from Monday, 1 to Friday, 5 July 2019. INTERCARGO submitted a paper to III 6, informing Sub-Committee of the publication of Bulk...
One bulk carrier was expected to carry a cargo of “COPPER CONCENTRATE, GROUP A, UN 3077”. The cargo is: Cargo Group: Group A – para 7.2.1 of IMSBC Code indicates that “Group A cargoes contain a certain proportion of small particles and a...