Media Release – 7 October 2019 INTERCARGO held its semi-annual meetings in Athens “2020 still dominates dry bulk shipping’s challenges” INTERCARGO held its Annual General Meeting, Executive and Technical Committees’ meetings in Athens on 3 and 4...
Full Members may find attached the presentation delivered during INTERCARGO’s Executive Committee meeting in Athens on 4 Oct 2019: “IMO 2020 fuels: developments, challenges and the wayforward”•Myths and Facts•What will happen in 2020 in...
Updated on 20 Sept 2019:- Contents: Piracy threat in Gulf of Guinea Security Issues in regions of Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman Piracy threat in Asia Piracy threat in Gulf of Aden and waters of Somalia You need to login to view the...
It is sad to read a reported incident: Master of bulk carrier UNISON MEDAL was reportedly, hit by broken mooring line and died on the spot, in the morning Sep 10 at Ilo Port, Peru. According to the report, mooring line broke in strong wind, when...
The 6th session of the IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON CARRIAGE OF CARGOES AND CONTAINERS (CCC 6) met at the IMO between Monday 09 and Friday 13 September 2019. The INTERCARGO brief on this meeting covers the following topics: Amendments to the IMSBC Code...
Joint Media Release – 10 September 2019 “Round Table leaders set their sights on the future” The Round Table leaders of the major shipping industry trade associations BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO met in London yesterday to consider the...
The sixth session of the IMO sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC 6) will meet in London between the 9th and 13th of September 2019. The key agenda item for INTERCARGO Members is “Amendments to the IMSBC Code and...
Seven (7) PSC MoUs agreed to jointly carry out a CIC on Emergency Systems and Procedures from 1 Sept to 30 Nov 2019. The 7 MoUs are Black Sea, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Paris, Tokyo, Riyadh and Viña del Mar. The CIC aims at ensuring compliance...
Media Release – 19 July 2019 “2020 Global Sulphur Limit implementation: INTERCARGO raises Safety concerns” With 1 January 2020 less than five and a half months away, INTERCARGO expresses its growing concern in view of the magnitude of the challenge...
INTERCARGO has been conducting a survey of the Ballast Water Treatment Systems fitted on members vessels. The data received from members is is entered in a database and then the findings from the survey are shared with members on a regular basis...
The attacks on two vessels at anchor off Fujairah, UAE on 12 May 2019 and on two vessels in the Gulf of Oman (GOO), in international waters, south of Jask on 13 Jun 19 have caused great concern for transiting through the Strait of Hormuz (SOH) and...
Media Release – 25 June 2019 Celebrating the Day of the Seafarer 2019: “I Am On Board with gender equality” INTERCARGO joins the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the international shipping community in celebrating the Day of the...