Intercargo and Intertanko recently hosted representatives of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) who delivered a presentation on the requirements of the New Inspection Regime (NIR) of the Paris MoU on Port State Control, due to enter into...
Outcome of MSC 97, Nov 2016 The 97th session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 97), held from 21 to 25 Nov 2016, considered documents MSC 97/19/4 and MSC 97/INF.3 (INTERCARGO et al.), related to the work of SSE 4 to be held in Mar 2017 and...
For a number of years, Moore Stephens has been producing an Annual Survey of vessel Operating Costs using data supplied by an every increasing number of companies sharing – on an anonymous basis, their data which is then aggregated according...
USA Operational Port Security Advisory (7-09) issued 1 September 2009. This clarifies the security measures that must be adopted for vessels arriving at US Ports from – Cambodia, Congo [new], Cuba, Cameroon, Equitorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau...
USA Operational Port Security Advisory (7-09) issued 1 September 2009. This clarifies the security measures that must be adopted for vessels arriving at US Ports from – Cambodia, Congo [new], Cuba, Cameroon, Equitorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau...
Issue Summary In 2007-2008, concern was expressed over the difficulties in landing stowaways because of delays, additional costs and inconvenience to the crew (and stowaway). Noting that the actual numbers of stowaways reported to IMO appeared to...
Issue Summary This issue essentially concerns the definition of an exemption to the all encompassing definition “intended primarily to carry dry cargo in bulk”. Traditional bulk carriers, with hopper and topside tanks, are not at issue and have a...