Media Release – 02 November 2018 “IMO to further consider the challenges of 2020” In addition to progress made on a number of important issues, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) at its recent Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC...
Dear Full members of INTERCARGO, As the IMO MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE (MEPC 73) meeting has just concluded, we are glad to share with you the attached brief on its outcome that the Secretariat prepared focusing on key topics: Air...
The seventy-third session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 73) will meet between Monday 22 and Friday 26 October 2018. The INTERCARGO Pre-Brief for MEPC 73 can be found below. Key topics discussed in the brief include:...
1. Fishery farm claims, 2017 The local Ocean and Fishery Administration is authorized to approve use of the sea area, while the safety of navigation is governed by local Maritime Safety Administration (MSA), so that some of the approved fishery...
Dear Full Members of INTERCARGO, The 4th Session of IMO’ Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emissions (ISWG-GHG 4) is meeting this week (October 15-19) and will report the outcome of its deliberations to next week’s MEPC 73. ISWG...
Ships visit ports in different regions and may be faced with different PSC practices. To explore new ways to create extra value on PSC guidance, now we try an approach to analyse different PSC MoUs and provide focused update to members. We summarise...
INTERCARGO held its 39th Technical Committee meeting on the 1st October 2018 at Trinity House, London. During the morning of the meeting, the committee members were joined by Mr Timothy Wilson of Lloyd’s Register who delivered a presentation...
“All Eyes on 2020 and Beyond” presented by Peter Fitzpatrick, Vice President – Global Business Development American Bureau of Shipping You may find the presentation attached. “Loss Prevention challenges – focus on soya bean...
The fifth session of IMO’s Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 5) was concluded on 28 Sept 2018. Outcome of III 5 is summarised as follows. Contents: Lessons Learnt from serious marine casualties Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2008...
The fifth session of the IMO Sub-Committee On Carriage Of Cargoes And Containers (CCC 5) met between 10 and 14 September and was followed by the 30th meeting of the IMO Editorial & Technical Group (E&T 30) which met from 17 to 21 September...