Whats New 2018
Training for reducing emissions in ports
IMO’s work to promote better understanding of - and steps to reduce - emissions in ports has reached Georgia, at a workshop for regional participants from Georgia, Ukraine and Turkey.The event, in Batumi (10-12 September) focused on how to undertake emissions inventories and calculate emissions, including GHGs and air pollutants. more...
Saving lives through enhanced fishing vessel safety
Fishing is one of the world’s most dangerous occupations. Literally thousands of fishers lose their lives at sea each year. An international treaty addressing safety in the fishing industry (the Cape Town Agreement) has been developed and adopted through IMO but is not yet in force because it lacks sufficient ratification at national level. As part of a major global effort to encourage ratification and implementation of the Cape Town Agreement, IMO and The Pew Charitable Trusts organised a roundtable event during the Global Fishery Forum in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (13 September). more...
Spotlight on liability and compensation in Western Asia and Eastern Europe
IMO’s comprehensive liability and compensation regime covers
issues such as pollution incidents, wreck removal, carriage of passengers and
luggage – providing vital protection in the event of a maritime incident. But
for these rules and regulations to be effective, countries need to ratify and
implement them. To help ensure prompt and adequate compensation in the Western
Asia and Eastern Europe, a regional IMO workshop is underway in Batumi, Georgia (11-14
September). Taking part are senior managers from maritime administrations and
legislative drafters specialised in maritime and shipping related legislation
from 11 countries in the region. more...
Cargo safety matters
The classification of certain potentially hazardous cargoes is on the agenda of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC 5, 10-14 September). The Sub-Committee will consider a newly identified phenomenon which affects some bauxite cargoes, known as dynamic separation, which can cause instability of the cargo and ship. Also up for discussion is carriage of ammonium-nitrate based fertilizer. more...
IMO touring exhibition – coming to a museum near you?
Seventy years of IMO efforts to promote safe, secure and
clean shipping are being celebrated under the theme "IMO 70:
Our Heritage – Better Shipping for a Better Future". And now,
for the first time, an IMO touring exhibition is bringing our success stories
and the future challenges for maritime transport to a global audience. more...
Protecting the oceans and the high seas
Ships plying their trade across the world’s oceans are subject to stringent environmental, safety and security rules, which apply throughout their voyage. The comprehensive regulatory framework developed by IMO for international shipping has been highlighted during a United Nations oceans conference in New York, United States (4-17 September). The conference is taking the first steps towards developing a legally binding international instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction - known as ‘BBNJ’. more...
Somalia’s national maritime administration takes next steps
Somalia’s Department of Maritime
Administration is planned to become fully operational by the end of the
year, enabling the country to discharge its flag, port and coastal
responsibilities effectively in line with IMO instruments. Somalian Government
officials met at an IMO-sponsored workshop, held in Kigali, Rwanda (27-31
August) and agreed that the newly-established department, part of the Ministry
of Ports and Marine Transport, should be restructured by 31 December 2018. more...
Supporting secure shipping in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is the latest country to receive IMO support in developing maritime security legislation. A
workshop run by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in
consultation with IMO, in Colombo, Sri Lanka (28-30 August) gathered
policy makers, criminal justice officials, legal advisors and security
officials of the port and maritime authorities, as well as relevant
ministries. more...