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Benefits • Companies and ships registered with INTERCARGO arguably enjoy
of full
membership
Visit intercargo.org/
join for all the available
info regarding the ben-
efits of Membership
for Full Members.
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 DryBMS,
a quality standard for the dry bulk sector. Safety, environmental
and operational excellence are promoted through company
self-assessment. Please visit: https://drybms.org
• 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
www.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
www.intercargo.org/about/meetings for more information.
• For INTERCARGO’s feedback and reporting schemes, please
see www.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 www.intercargo.org
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