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What’s on the agenda for MEPC 73?

The 73rd session of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee will take place on 22-26 October 2018, at IMO Headquarters in London, focusing on key environmental challenges facing the shipping industry. Among the key topics on the agenda are the hot issues of the GHG reduction from ships and 2020 sulphur cap, as well as marine litter and BWM Convention.

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships

​The MEPC is expected to develop and agree a programme of actions to implement the initial IM...

https://safety4sea.com/whats-on-the-agenda-for-mepc-73/

GHG and sulphur 2020 on agenda at Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 73)

MEPC 73 preview 

http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/IMOMediaAccreditation/Pages/MEPC73preview.aspx 

What?

Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), 73rd session

Chair: Mr. Hideaki Saito (Japan)

When and where?

22-26 October 2018, at IMO Headquarters in London.

Highlights of particular interest to media include:

  • Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships
  • Further work on energy efficiency of ships
  • Implementation of sulphur 2020 limit
  • Marine plastic litter
  • Ballast water management...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/10/ghg-and-sulphur-2020-on-agenda-at-marine-environment-protection-committee-mepc-73/

IMO focuses on effective implementation of treaties at national level

As part of its efforts to improve the way its treaties and conventions are implemented at a national level, the IMO offered an intensive 5-day workshop for lawyers and legislative drafters at IMO Headquarters, on 1-5 October, to provide them with the tools they need to understand the treaties and how these are developed and adopted.

For treaties implementation, domestic implementing legislation is required, but audits carried out by IMO reveal that, in many countries, it either doesn’t exist or...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-focuses-on-effective-implementation-of-treaties-at-national-level/

COSCO’s notice about IMO 2020

According to the resolution of the 72nd session of MEPC of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the 0.50% limit on sulphur in fuel oil on board ships will come into effect on 1 January 2020.

The resolution is made aiming at promoting global green development and environmental improvement, and benefitting the health and life quality of all human beings. As a reliable carrier with a strong sense of social responsibility, COSCO SHIPPING is now actively preparing itself according to the...

http://container-news.com/cosco-notice-imo-2020/

IMO Sec-Gen commemorates Sanchi victims in Iran

​IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim visited the Islamic Republic of Iran to participate in the country’s national celebration of World Maritime Day, on 8 September. The Secretary-General met the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, and participated in a ceremony to commemorate seafarers who lost their lives aboard the Iranian-owned oil tanker Sanchi earlier this year.

The ‘Sanchi’, operated by National Iranian Tanker Co, was sailing from Iran to South Korea, carrying 136,000...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-sec-gen-commemorates-sanchi-victims-in-iran/

IMO encourages participation in WMO voluntary observing ships scheme

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) called IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) to reintroduce the request for the recruitment of ships to provide ship-based marine meteorological and oceanographic observations. These reports provide real-time feedback on ocean weather conditions to weather forecasters. Ship-based oceanographic measurements also provide data for studying climate change.

According to IMO, ships’ meteorological observations are essential for safety-related services for...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-encourages-participation-in-wmo-voluntary-observing-ships-scheme/

Aderco shows the smart way to comply with IMO 2020

Aderco – the world’s leading fuel treatment provider – has launched a new video offering a concise and detailed insight into the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) 2020 sulphur cap.

Available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIHkXjsHklw) the 4:27m video outlines in clear, concise facts the importance of tank cleaning before any new fuel is added to a ship’s tanks and why the use of fuel treatments are so important in the maintenance of marine diesel engines.

Among the issues...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/08/aderco-shows-the-smart-way-to-comply-with-imo-2020/

MEPC 73: Correcting the Record

Correcting the Record – Contributing Cosponsors Clarifying Recent Misconceptions

On 31 August 2018 the Bahamas, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Panama, BIMCO, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO cosponsored and submitted a document to the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) 73 meeting taking place 22-26 October 2018. MEPC 73/5/14, Safety Implications and respective challenges associated with 2020 compliant fuels (the “paper”), which aims to assist the MEPC 73 in its consideration of potential...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/08/mepc-73-correcting-the-record/

INTERCARGO Chairman stresses ‘lack of understanding’ by regulators

In INTERCARGO’s Annual General Meeting on 1-2 October, the Association’s Chairman, John Platsidakis, underlined the challenge with respect to international regulators’ lack of understanding of how dry bulk ships operate worldwide on tramp trades.

It is regrettable that the regulators do not engage in discussions with our sector, prior to their decisions, on the practical issues related to the implementation of the regulations. We will continue to raise the views of our members at IMO and other...

https://safety4sea.com/intercargo-chairman-stresses-lack-of-understanding-by-regulators/

Goodbye NAFTA, hello USMCA

USMCA Trade Deal – NAFTA Revised

A collaboration between Floyd Zadkovich (US and English lawyers) & zeiler.partners (Mexican and Austrian lawyers)

USMCA – Investment Protection Standards and Dispute Resolution Process

After long and intense negotiations, the United States, Mexico and Canada seem to have reached an agreement on a revisited text of the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”). The new agreement has been named the United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement (“USMCA”). The...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/05/goodbye-nafta-hello-usmca/

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