Langkawi in Malaysia is the venue this week for a series of meetings related to the Co-operative Mechanism on Safety of Navigation and Environmental Protection in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (22-24 September). Ashok Mahapatra is in attendance for IMO. Launched in 2007, the Co-operative Mechanism grew out of IMO’s “Protection of Vital Shipping Lanes” initiative. (Pic: Co-operative Mechanism)