The 81st session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) was held from Monday, 18 March to Friday, 22 March 2024. The key topics discussed were: Air Emissions/GHG Reduction Energy Efficiency of Ships Ballast Water Management Fuel...
-first posted on 1 March 2024 The Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 16) met from Monday 11 to Friday 15 March 2024. ISWG-GHG 16’s outcome report will be considered by MEPC 81 (18 to 22 March 2024)...
Update on 12 Mar 2024:- The navy’s Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) and the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) issued an Industry Releasable Threat Bulletin (IRTB 042), dated 11 Mar 2024. It aims to bring a specific incident or threat to the...
Update on 11 Mar 2024 INTERCARGO’s brief on the outcome of IMO SSE 10 The 10th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE 10) was held from Monday, 04 to Friday, 08 March 2024. Among the 20 agenda items, lifeboat...
Update of 09 Feb 2024 The tenth session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (HTW 10) was held from 5 to 9 February 2024. Comprehensive Review of the 1978 STCW Convention and Code HTW 10 discussed the road map and the...
Dear Full Members of INTERCARGO, You may find here below a summary of latest EU developments and the EU Fit 55 Policy Package. Documents EU Summary of Developments _November 2023 (315 kB)EU Summary of Developments_February 2023 (283 kB)C-12987-Annex...
Update on 08 Dec 2023: Suez Canal – new surcharges effective on 15 January 2024 A Suez Canal Authority (SCA) circular 7/2003, dated 16 Oct 2023, informed that the regular transit fees will increase by 5% for bulk carriers from 15 Jan 2024. The...
Update: 07 Dec 2023 Contents: Outcome of A 33 Status of IMO ship recycling convention 1. Outcome of A 33 The 33rd session of the IMO Assembly (A 33) was held from Monday, 27 November to Wednesday, 6 December 2023, with the following IMO Assembly...
INTERCARGO was deeply saddened and concerned to hear of the reported appalling missile attack on the 91,900dwt bulk carrier KMAX Ruler in the port of Odesa, which led to the death of a pilot and injury to four crew members onboard. It is a stark...