NGO’s

NGOs Urge IMO To Switch Fuel

According to an article published on Saftey4sea, Non-governmental organizations are calling on the IMO to immediately reduce climate-warming emissions of black carbon from ships currently using heavy fuel oil in the Arctic by some 44%, by switching them to cleaner distillate fuels.

NGOs call IMO to halve Arctic black carbon by switching fuels

“This week the IMO has the opportunity put in place rapid and effective regulations to protect the Arctic and the global climate from the warming impacts of...

https://mfame.guru/ngos-urge-imo-to-switch-fuel/

NGOs Urge IMO To Rethink Weak HFO Ban, Demand Stronger Arctic Protection

Infographic: The IMO Draft Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Regulation: A Ban In Name Only?

NGOs Urge IMO To Rethink Weak HFO Ban, Demand Stronger Arctic Protection

Infographic: The IMO Draft Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Regulation: A Ban In Name Only?

Register now: MEPC 75 Webinar TODAY, November 16th – Why the IMO’s draft Arctic HFO regulation will not protect the Arctic, and how to fix it

London, 16 November 2020:- As the first virtual meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/11/16/ngos-urge-imo-to-rethink-weak-hfo-ban-demand-stronger-arctic-protection/

NGOs call EU’s intent to export toxic ships to developing countries illegal and contrary to aims of Green Deal

Ingvild Jenssen

NGOs call EU’s intent to export toxic ships to developing countries illegal and contrary to aims of Green Deal

Brussels, 23 September 2020 – The Basel Action Network (BAN), the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Greenpeace, and the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, leading organisations active in the pursuit of preventing the environmental injustice caused by the dumping of hazardous waste, warn that the European Union’s legislation allowing the export of toxic ships to developing...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/09/23/ngos-call-eus-intent-to-export-toxic-ships-to-developing-countries-illegal-and-contrary-to-aims-of-green-deal/

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #19

Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update #19

There were a total of 193 ships broken in the second quarter of 2019. Of these, 146 ships were sold to the infamous scrapping beaches of South Asia, where working conditions are known to be dire and breaking practices cause irreparable damage to the coastal environment [1]. Between April and June, Platform sources recorded three accidents that killed at least five workers on the beach of Chittagong, Bangladesh, bringing the total death-toll of...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/07/08/platform-publishes-south-asia-quarterly-update-19/

Human Rights at Sea Latest News: OP-ED: NGO Pacific Dialogue on Pacific Seafarers

OP-ED: NGO Pacific Dialogue on Pacific Seafarers

Opinion Piece 4th July 2019 Suva, Fiji. The Fijian partner to Human Rights at Sea, the NGO Pacific Dialogue, released an OP-ED for the occasion of the 2019 ‘Day of the Seafarer’ which is reproduced for an increased awareness of the history, issues and work being carried out in the Pacific by seafarers which is…

The post OP-ED: NGO Pacific Dialogue on Pacific Seafarers appeared first on Human Rights At Sea.

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http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/07/04/human-rights-at-sea-latest-news-op-ed-ngo-pacific-dialogue-on-pacific-seafarers/

Industry supports the IMO’s new anti-corruption agenda

Guy Platten
ICS Secretary General

Industry supports the IMO’s new anti-corruption agenda

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed to address maritime corruption by including this important issue in its work programme for the Facilitation Committee. The decision to include an anti-corruption agenda came at the latest meeting of the IMO’s Facilitation Committee (FAL) in response to a submission from Liberia, Marshall Islands, Norway, United Kingdom, United States and Vanuatu. The...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/04/15/industry-supports-the-imos-new-anti-corruption-agenda/

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