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Industry Topics

Although several topics on INTERCARGO’s agenda are of broader

concern to international shipping, INTERCARGO always views them
from the angle of dry bulk shipping, bringing forward solutions that
correspond to the idiosyncrasies of the sector.

Members gain access to cross-industry sources of knowledge and

engage in drafting strategy for both the dry bulk and the wider ship-
ping industry via INTERCARGO’s participation in international fora,
industry working and correspondence groups and through INTER-

CARGO’s consultative status at International Maritime Organization
(IMO) deliberations.

INTERCARGO serves as an information and experience-sharing
hub for its Members across all of the topics in its work programme.

Members also use INTERCARGO’s internal reporting on specific op-
erational aspects to assess problems related to terminals and load-
ing/unloading at anchorage on an ongoing basis.

INTERCARGO’s activities are also directed towards challenges and
issues of interest to its membership that go beyond specific items of
its work programme, such as the development of DryBMS, a quality
self-assessment scheme for the dry bulk sector.

INTERCARGO’s working programme is outlined below:

SAFETY – SECURITY ENVIRONMENT – QUALITY REGULATION
Cargoes, Liquefaction Ballast Water International Maritime
Design & Construction, Coatings Organisation (IMO)
Machinery & Operations Other Legislation
Emissions
Class & Statutory Rules Miscellaneous Issues
Green House Gas - CO
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Cargo Gear Emissions
Hatch Covers Sulphur Cap, SOx and
Particulate Matter (PM)
Loading Rates
Emissions
Incidents & Casualties
Other Emissions (NOx,
Life Saving Black Carbon)
Piracy Ports & Terminals
Cyber Risks Reception Facilities

Port State Control
and Transparency
Corruption, Criminalisation
Training, Manpower and Human
Element

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