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Tripartite Forums calls IMO, MSC and MEPC to improve collaboration

The Tripartite Forum met in Tokyo discussing the rapidly changing shipping industry and what will follow in the near future, based on the environmental, economic and technological changes that the industry will face.

Keeping in mind that the industry is forced to reduce its shipping emissions, in line with the IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap, the 2050 IMO targets will require crucial changes including development of new zero emission technologies, new and sustainable fuels, escalation of R&D efforts and c...

https://safety4sea.com/tripartite-forums-calls-imo-msc-and-mepc-to-improve-collaboration/

CSC condemns IMO’s lack of actions on reducing emissions strategy

Following the previous week’s IMO’s talks concerning reducing shipping emissions, the Clean Shipping Association comments that the negotiations in dealing with this issue are “concerning and disappointing.”

The Coalition highlights the lack of progress, as two years have already passed from when the IMO agreed on its initial GHG strategy, and today the Organization has only reviewed the options on the table, and issued some technical measures that will deliver too little too late.

Yet, the...

https://safety4sea.com/csc-condemns-imos-lack-of-actions-on-reducing-emissions-strategy/

IMO moves towards reduced ship emission targets

​The IMO stated that the its Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships has made significant progress with work aiming to help achieve the ambitious targets of the initial IMO strategy regarding the reduction of GHG emissions from ships, further aiming at the at the decarbonization of the international shipping in this century.

In fact, the working group agreed the draft text of a resolution to be put forward to the next Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC)...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-moves-towards-reduced-ship-emission-targets/

ECSA: “IMO Intersessional Working Group meeting was good and fruitful preparatory work”

Martin Dorsman

ECSA: “IMO Intersessional Working Group meeting was good and fruitful preparatory work”

To rectify statements put forward by organisations such as the Clean Shipping Coalition, ECSA stresses the IMO’s Intersessional Working Group meeting that took place this week in London was good and fruitful preparatory work.

“We strongly believe that efficient decision-making is vital when it comes to something as important as the global fight against climate change,” said Martin Dorsman, ECSA’s...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/15/ecsa-imo-intersessional-working-group-meeting-was-good-and-fruitful-preparatory-work/

IMO Training On Impacts Of Anti-Fouling In Mediterranean Countries

Understanding fouling_IMO

Mediterranean countries are undergoing IMO training on the impacts of anti-fouling systems and ships’ biofouling on the marine environment at a workshop in Valletta, Malta (12-14 November).

The event is raising awareness of IMO’s Anti-Fouling Systems (AFS) Convention and Biofouling Guidelines – what it means to implement them, and, in the case of the AFS Convention, the requirements and benefits of ratification and enforcement.

Biofouling is the build-up of aquatic organisms on a ship’s...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/imo-training-on-impacts-of-anti-fouling-in-mediterranean-countries/

No appetite shown for speed reduction regulation

The IMO met in London this week, in order to discuss how the shipping industry can continue with its decarbonization plan. IMO agreed that a goal-setting approach is the best way to reduce carbon emissions in the short-term, while full details of the approach will be resolved next year.

Specifically, states and NGO’s discussed the details and potential issues of the different submitted proposals, as well as how they would cut emissions and impact states. After lengthy discussions, they agreed...

https://safety4sea.com/no-appetite-shown-for-speed-reduction-regulation/

Mads Svendsen, Project Manager for the Functional Review at the International Maritime Organization

In episode 124 you meet the Project Manager for the Functional Review at the International Maritime Organization, Mads Svendsen, and can hear him describe how he has worked with 20 different UN organisations before arriving at the IMO almost a year ago.

The first 6 months Mads spent to try and understand the culture and find out where the organisation want to go before launching a series of workshops and then move on to the strategy. It’s an exciting project and the end goal is a goal-based...

https://shippingpodcast.com/mads-svendsen-project-manager-for-the-functional-review-at-the-international-maritime-organization/

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