International Maritime Organization (IMO)

IMO: Support to boost Kenya’s maritime security

IMO’s article:

Proper implementation of IMO’s maritime security measures is essential for trade. Kenya is the latest country to benefit from training on the implementation of SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. A national workshop in Mombasa, Kenya (5-9 August) brought together Port facility security officers (PFSOs) as well as representatives of all structures involved in maritime and port security, including Kenya Ports Authority, Kenya...

https://container-news.com/imo-support-boost-kenya-maritime-security/

ICS to push for rapid action on CO2 reduction

Representatives of the world’s national shipowners’ associations met last week in the Faroe Islands to review the priorities of the global shipowners’ association, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).

The ICS Annual General Meeting was overshadowed by the attacks against two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and the very serious threat this presents to the lives of seafarers and maritime trade.

Action on CO2 Reduction

ICS agreed a suite of actions in support of the UN International Maritime...

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Beware of 7 IMO FAL Documents! Electronic Information Exchange Is in Force

  • Aim is to make cross-border trade simpler and the logistics chain more efficient, for the more than 10 billion tons of goods which are traded by sea across the globe.
  • The requirement, mandatory under IMO’s FAL Convention, is part of a set of amendments under the revised Annex to the FAL Convention, adopted in 2016.
  • A significant move in the industry and ports towards a digital maritime world, reducing administrative burden and increasing efficiency of maritime trade and transport.
  • “single...

http://mfame.guru/beware-of-7-imo-fal-documents-electronic-information-exchange-is-in-force/

MPA, IALA develop joint e-Navigation workshop

MPA’s announcement:

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is co-organising a workshop with the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) to support the operationalisation of e-navigation solutions, the first since Singapore’s election to the IALA Council in 2018.

E-navigation, a concept driven by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and like-minded nations including Singapore, aims to make marine navigation safer and marine...

https://container-news.com/mpa-iala-joint-e-navigation-workshop/

ZIM’s “2020 Sulphur Cap” policy

The new fuel regulations, known as “2020 Sulphur Cap”, require all marine carriers to use low sulfur fuel (up to 0.5% sulfur content) from January 1st, 2020. The new regulations, introduced by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are part of several international initiatives aimed at reducing marine pollution and emissions.

All shipping companies will be obliged to comply and to significantly reduce emissions on high seas and in coastal areas. More details of the new regulations are...

http://container-news.com/zim-2020-sulphur-cap-policy/

Iran to sue U.S. for shipping sanctions

Iran will sue the United States at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for sanctioning its maritime transport services, Mohammad Rastad, managing director of the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran, said on Monday (Nov. 12).

A complaint would be filed to the IMO in London next week against the “cruel U.S. sanctions and restrictions on maritime transport,” Rastad was quoted by Press TV as saying.

Iran’s complaint would be based on international laws that govern the maritime industry,...

http://container-news.com/iran-sue-us-shipping-sanctions/

Iran calls upon IMO for U.S. sanctions

Iran has lodged complaint at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) against the U.S. sanctions on Iranian ships, Tasnim news agency reported on Friday (Nov. 9).

Iran’s embassy in Britain has sent a letter to IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim to pronounce Tehran’s protest against U.S. unilateral sanctions against Iranian trade vessels, Iran’s Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad was quoted as saying.

The letter has denounced the U.S. sanctions as a violation of international shipping...

http://container-news.com/iran-calls-upon-imo-u-s-sanctions/

IMO’s project to reduce GHG emissions

Practical efforts to implement ship energy-efficiency measures and promote technology transfer are an integral part of IMO’s initial strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships. This is embodied in the global network for energy-efficient shipping under the GMN project, funded by the European Union and run by IMO. Representatives from the five Maritime Technology Cooperation Centres (MTCCs) in the GMN network recently met for their second annual meeting (22-26 October) in London,...

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IMO proceeds with GHG strategy

The work to deliver the IMO initial strategy on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ships has moved forward with the approval of a programme of follow-up actions.

The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 73) approved the follow-up programme on Monday (22 October). It is intended to be used as a planning tool in meeting the timelines identified in the initial IMO strategy, which was adopted in April 2018.

The initial strategy refers to a range of...

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IMO’s toolkits to reduce emissions

To reduce emissions across the maritime sector, national authorities need to first quantify those emissions and then develop a strategy to reduce them. A new set of toolkits to assess and address emissions from ships and ports is now available from the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the global regulatory body for shipping.

The Ship Emissions Toolkit and Port Emissions Toolkit have been developed under the GEF-UNDP-IMO Global Maritime Energy Efficiency Partnerships (GloMEEP) Project,...

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