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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/

IMO, Day of the Seafarer photo competition – winners announced!

winner DOTS photo competition

This year’s Day of the Seafarer campaign held its first-ever photo competition, providing a fascinating insight into the daily life of a seafarer. The winning entry – a bold geometric composition, focusing on the deck of a ship and the blue ocean beneath – was submitted by Zay Yar Lin, a Master from Myanmar.

http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/Pages/16-DOTSphotocompetitionwinner.aspx 

The photo competition invited men and women working at sea to share photos of what a “Good day at...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/04/imo-day-of-the-seafarer-photo-competition-winners-announced/

CMA CGM may incur about US$1.5b

CMA CGM may potentially incur US$1.5 billion to comply with a green shipping regulation that will cap sulphur content in marine fuels.

This is based on an extrapolation of CMA CGM’s share of some US$15 billion in estimated exposure, one industry publication said. The container shipping segment may sustain from the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) 2020 global sulphur cap, APL’s chief executive, Nicolas Sartini, said at SIBCON 2018 (Singapore International...

http://container-news.com/cma-cgm-incur-us-1-5b/

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