The press release from Paris MoU dated today (click here to download), highlights a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on MARPOL Annex VI to be carried jointly with Tokyo MoU from Sept to Nov 2018. The CIC aims at checking the compliance with...
Media Release – 10 May 2018 “On Bulk Carrier Casualties & Incidents” INTERCARGO’s latest Bulk Carrier Casualty Report, which provides an analysis of bulk carrier total losses between 2008 to 2017 (see ), has been submitted to the International...
Please view INTERCARGO’s “Bulk Carrier Casualty report – Years 2008 to 2017 and the trends” attached. INTERCARGO submitted a paper to IMO, with reference III 5/INF.2 as attached, making the Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2017...
Mandatory requirements Since our first circular was sent to members on 20 Feb 2018 as quoted below, we have been closely monitoring feedback from bulk carriers on difficulties to comply the amendments to MARPOL Annex V which entered into force on 1...
The 29th session of the Editorial And Technical Group Of The Sub-Committee On Carriage Of Cargoes And Containers (E&T 29) met between 16 and 20 April 2018. As instructed by CCC 4 (October 2017) the two main tasks carried out by the Group were;...
Media Release – 16 April 2018 “On IMO’s initial strategy for the reduction of GHG from ships” INTERCARGO welcomes the landmark initial strategy for the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) from ships adopted by IMO. We firmly believe that IMO is the...
Dear Full members of INTERCARGO, As the IMO MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE (MEPC 72, 9-13 April 2018) meeting has just concluded, we are glad to share with you the attached brief on its outcome – and our Association’s interventions- that...
The 72nd session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 72) will take place between the 9th and 13th April 2018. Below is the INTERCARGO draft pre-brief for this meeting. The topics discussed in the pre-brief are related to:...
At IMO this past week (3-6 April 2018) took place the 3rd Meeting of the IMO Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. INTERCARGO followed the deliberations in its consultative/observer status and you may refer to...
INTERCARGO is participating in the development of the GHG emissions reduction strategy at IMO on 3-6 April 2018 aspiring to ambitious yet also pragmatic objectives. In the previous stages of the IMO deliberations, INTERCARGO along with its Round...
The IMO’s Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment held its 5th session (SSE 5) in London on 12-16 Mar 2018. Issues on the agenda of SSE 5 include fire-fighting (on Ro-Ro passenger ships), development of guidelines for cold ironing, life-saving...