Whats New 2016
Workshop promotes port security in Thailand
IMO is running a national workshop of
drills and exercises dealing with international ship and port facility
security, in Bangkok, Thailand (26-29 April). The event is providing
participants with practical tools for improved implementation of the
periodic drills and exercises required under the IMO treaties SOLAS chapter XI-2 and ISPS Code and described in the revised APEC Manual of Drills and Exercises. more...
Migration by sea challenges highlighted
The complex issues surrounding unsafe mixed migration by sea are being debated at a two-day symposium (26-27 April) hosted by the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden. Speaking in behalf of IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim in the opening session, IMO’s Chris Trelawny condemned the illegal people smugglers, the associated profiteers and the misery they cause by loading people onto clearly unsafe vessels, and called for safe, legal, alternative pathways to migration to be developed, including safe, organized migration by sea, if necessary. more...
Experts discuss implementing Ballast Water Management Convention
An IMO-GloBallast expert workshop dealing with risk assessment and decision support tools to support the implementation of the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention is taking place at IMO Headquarters, London (25-26 April). 12 renowned international experts are discussing so-called “risk-based decision support systems” for improved implementation of the Convention. This comes as part of IMO’s efforts, under the GEF-UNDP-IMO GloBallast Partnerships Programme, to counter the threat to ecosystems by invasive species transported in the ballast water of ships. More...
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ICT experts put sustainability on the agenda
Information and communication technology experts throughout the UN system are meeting in Vienna, Austria (25-27 April) to discuss a digital agenda action plan to support programmes within UN organizations and help bring the Sustainable Development Goals to fruition. The 26th session of the CEB-ICT Network will also address how to encourage UN organizations to integrate cybersecurity into their risk management frameworks and make cybersecurity training mandatory. Other topics on the agenda will include work on the threat intelligence platform, identity management and cloud encryption. More...
Supporting Kenya’s maritime security
IMO is leading a maritime security table-top exercise in Mombasa, Kenya (21-22 April) as part of the Organization’s continuing work to implement the Djibouti Code of Conduct. National officials from all key ministries and departments are taking part in a range of evolving scenarios involving both routine business and during an incident, which aim to promote an integrated, whole-of-government approach to maritime security measures and maritime law enforcement. This includes supporting Kenya’s national capacity to perform coastguard functions through inter-agency cooperation and development of maritime strategies and contingency plans. More...
IMO’s objectives highlighted at Singapore maritime forum
Maritime integration stressed in African environmental policy summit
African coastal states have
been invited to increase the integration of the maritime dimension in their
national economic planning. The call came at a meeting of environment ministers
and experts from more than 40 African countries in Cairo last week (16-19 April
2016). IMO’s Jonathan Pace was in attendance at the Sixth Special Session of
the African Ministerial Conference
on the Environment (AMCEN), to discuss the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change within
the framework of the continent’s Agenda 2063 “The Africa We Want”. more...
Marine Environment Protection Committee meets
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Secretary-General supports India’s active maritime growth policy
April) with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of the first
Maritime India Summit in Mumbai. The event brings together stakeholders from
diverse sectors of India’s maritime community to explore opportunities to
promote growth and investment in the sector. Mr Lim said that a successful shipping and port sector
signified that a country was thriving. A policy to support these areas would be
of great benefit to the country as a whole, not just to the maritime industry
itself, he added. more...