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INTERCARGO ANNUAL REVIEW 2023-2024
Being part of an Association dedicated to quality,
safety and the environment.
Benefits for Full Companies and ships registered with INTERCARGO arguably enjoy
membership a badge of quality widely recognised by the industry as a marker
of excellence. Along with a Company Certificate and the right to
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 DBCE,
having developed the DryBMS quality standard for the dry bulk
sector. Safety, environmental and operational excellence are
promoted through company self-assessment. INTERCARGO
members subscribing to DBCE are offered a full refund of its £1,000
initial sign-up fee. Please visit intercargo.org/tags/DBCE-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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