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INTERCARGO ESG REVIEW 2024
STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE

The Round Table of international shipping associations developments affecting the dry bulk shipping sector.
consists of INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO, ICS and BIMCO INTERCARGO is also engaged with the Association of
and meets regularly to enhance synergies for the benefit Resource Companies, Ship Operators, Ports & Terminals
of the industry. (ARCSOPT), an Australian-based association about
shipping standards in Australian ports.
INTERCARGO participates in the Annual Tripartite Forum
and its follow-up meetings. The Tripartite refers to a series INTERCARGO also represents its membership in many
of meetings during a year of the three groups: Owners, other international shipping fora and of course at the
Classification Societies/IACS, and the Shipbuilders International Maritime Organization.
Associations of, predominantly, China, Japan and South
Korea. For more information, please visit: https://www.intercargo.
org/about/roundtable/ and Annual Review 2022-2023
INTERCARGO is engaged with the European Community (page 34).
Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) on key EU regulatory

DryBMS

It is essential that companies in the dry bulk shipping sector practices and key performance indicators and raises the bar
have a widely accepted, common quality benchmark, on safety, environmental and operational excellence.
which will drive significant improvements in dry bulk safety
standards. This will support an industry which is working hard For more information, you may visit: https://www.intercargo.
to achieve a positive impact on safety standards, but which org/drybms/
faces structural challenges along a complex supply chain
(port-terminal-shipper-charterer-receivership). This varies
from other ship types, for example, the tanker sector, which
enjoys a much more regulated operational framework.
RightShip and INTERCARGO and
INTERCARGO and RightShip are founding members of INTERCARGO announce Rightship launch
DryBMS, a quality standard for the dry bulk sector. Safety, important new quality Dry Bulk Center
environmental and operational excellence are promoted standard for dry bulk of Excellence (DBCE)
through company self-assessment. sector to be governed
by new NGO”
Supported by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) 21.01.2021 Learn more 03.04.2024 Learn more
and BIMCO, DryBMS now exists as a simple set of best

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