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Being part of an Association dedicated to quality,

safety and the environment.

Benefits • Companies and ships registered with INTERCARGO arguably enjoy

of Full a badge of quality widely recognised by the industry as a marker
of excellence. Along with a Company Certificate and the right to
membership use the INTERCARGO membership logo, a Vessel Certificate

is provided for each registered vessel. Entered ships are tagged on
Equasis as registered with INTERCARGO. Vessel membership with
INTERCARGO is displayed on the vessel dashboard of the RightShip

Safety Score.
• INTERCARGO and RightShip are founding partners of DryBMS,
a quality standard for the dry bulk sector. Safety, environmental

and operational excellence are promoted through company
self-assessment. Please visit intercargo.org/drybms.

• Members are invited to appoint a representative to INTERCARGO’s
Executive Committee and are eligible to put forward a
representative to the Technical Committee (conditions apply).
Details can be found in our Constitution under ‘Management’ at
intercargo.org/constitution.

• The Association is represented at the International Maritime
Organization (IMO), the Round Table of Shipping Associations
(joining BIMCO, ICS and Intertanko on important cross-industry
matters), the Tripartite Forum and other international shipping
fora, and regularly engages with the International Association of

Classification Societies (IACS) and RightShip on critical issues.
• Members are invited to INTERCARGO hosted events (two
semi-annual Committee meetings, seminars etc). Please visit

intercargo.org/about/meetings for more information.

• For INTERCARGO’s feedback and reporting schemes, please
see intercargo.org/members-reporting-surveys.
• Regular circulars provide timely, detailed information either
following IMO meetings or on ongoing issues, such as cargoes

piracy, port, terminal and anchorage feedback, cybersecurity etc

• Experience sharing / (anonymous) consultation within the
membership, when appropriate on reported issues of concern
(cargoes, ports, etc), in order to provide informed feedback.

• Full access to the Association’s website intercargo.org

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