Whats New 2016
Training inspectors to boost domestic ship safety in the Pacific
IMO and the Pacific Community (SPC) are supporting
enforcement of ship safety standards in the Pacific region with a two-week
training exercise for flag State inspectors, in Suva, Fiji (19-28 September).
Fourteen technical officers are being equipped with the skills to verify ship
conditions and equipment, and to ensure compliance with the relevant
international and regional ship safety standards. There are around 2000
registered domestic vessels providing transport between the many islands in the
region. more...
Boosting maritime security in Sao Tome and Principe
An IMO-led maritime security table top exercise is taking place in Sao Tome
and Principe (27-28 September) for participants from a range of government
departments and national agencies, including the Maritime Authority. The
exercise encourages a multi-agency, whole of government approach to maritime
security and maritime law enforcement issues. more...
Safe and sustainable Straits
Safety of navigation, e-navigation and marine environmental protection in what is one of the busiest waterways used for international shipping are on the agenda as representatives of littoral States (Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore), user States and stakeholders of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore gather this week (26-30 September) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. more...
Supporting port security training in Tunisia
A train-the-trainer workshop on IMO maritime security measures is taking place in Tunis, Tunisia (19-23 September). Tunisian officials are being trained to provide the knowledge required for port facility security officers to carry out their duties in line with relevant IMO regulations and guidelines to protect shipping and ports. These regulations include the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS), Chapter XI-2 of SOLAS 74 as amended and the IMO/ILO Code of Practice on Security in Ports.
More plastic than fish in the ocean
Did you know that by 2050 there could
be more plastics in the ocean than fish, if human
habits don’t change? The India Clean Seas Conference taking place in Goa, India (22-24 September), aims to discuss what needs to be done to keep the oceans
clean. IMO’s Director of Marine Environment, Stefan Micallef delivered the opening address, highlighting daunting environmental challenges
facing the oceans. more...
Looking at marine life around commercial ports
A training seminar looking at the
practical aspects of risk assessment and inventories of marine life in
and around commercial ports, a concept also known as port biological baseline
surveys (PBBS), took place in Kingston, Jamaica (21-22 September). more...
IMO joins Kenya’s World Maritime Day celebrations
Kenya has marked this year’s #WorldMaritimeDay with celebrations
held in Mombasa, Kenya (20 September). IMO’s Juvenal Shiundu delivered a
goodwill message on behalf of IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim, reiterating this
year’s World Maritime Day theme – “Shipping: indispensable to the world” –
which emphasizes that maritime transport is the backbone of international
trade, supplying people all over the world with the commodities, fuel, goods
and products that they depend on. more...
Strengthening maritime partnerships to enhance maritime security
Strengthening
maritime partnerships to enhance maritime security was a core theme of IMO’s
Chris Trelawny’s speech delivered at the International
Seapower Symposium (22 September) in Newport, Rhode Island. The
symposium looked at future trends in maritime security as it hoped to harness
the power of the international community in order to effectively confront
common challenges within the maritime domain. more...
Focus on maritime legal regimes in the Asia Pacific region
IMO has presented the
maritime legal regimes with relevance to transnational crime and migration at
the third Asia Pacific Workshop on the Law of Armed Conflict at Sea, in
Surabaya, Indonesia (21 September). IMO’s Jan de Boer highlighted the
importance of various international treaties, including the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), IMO’s key maritime safety convention
SOLAS, as well as other related instruments regarding search and rescue,
salvage, facilitation of maritime traffic, and unlawful acts against safety of navigation. more...