2003 2005

~ INTRODUCTION ~

~ ASSOCIATION POLICY & INDUSTRY NEWS ~
New Members
Recent Industry news / What's in the Members Area of the Website
Intercargo Executive Committee and Annual General Meeting
Dry bulk statistics
Flag - Round Table takes action

~ OPERATIONAL ISSUES ~
Great Lakes - discharge of dry cargo residue
Security in US ports
Operational experiences in ports

~ COMMERCIALISSUES ~
Mississippi Exclusive Towage

~ TECHNICAL & IMO NEWS ~
IMO meetings
IMO issues advice on the hazard potential of certain dry bulk cargoes
Goal based standards (GBS) - what's next ?
ISM Code
MARPOL Annex 6 - NoX pollution from Marine Diesel engines

~ INTRODUCTION ~
Intercargo Website : Members Area
Intercargo Executive Committee and Annual General Meeting
World Maritime Day / Concerted industry action in support of
Shore Leave Campaign

~ ASSOCIATION POLICY & INDUSTRY NEWS ~
New Members
Recent Industry news
Environmentalist protests
Intertanko Publications
Forthcoming Conferences
Port State Control
Intercargo 2003 Casualty Report
Flag : Hong Kong

~ OPERATIONAL ISSUES ~
Watchkeeper Hours of Work
Ports information - Security, Terminal operations and Port State Control
US Automated Manifest System (AMS)
St. Lawrence Seaway - reporting dangerous cargo
Security - use of different Pre Arrival forms by different ports
Advance Notice of Arrival : Ammonium Nitrate in Bulk
Black Sea : allegations of Port State Control inspection corruption

~ COMMERCIALISSUES ~
Demolition values : Baltic Exchange launches new service
Unique Identification Number for individual shipping companys
Poor performance : Charterers and Suppliers - ship and cargo disappearance<
Draft Intertanko Security Clause

~ TECHNICAL& IMO NEWS ~
CASTEC agenda
CASTEC circulars and workload
Coatings

~ INTRODUCTION ~

~ ASSOCIATION POLICY & INDUSTRY NEWS ~
Recent Industry news
Intercargo 2003 Casualty Report
Port State Control detention records - targeting on age and company records ?
Thanks to Members : ISPS and Terminal Reporting Forms

~ OPERATIONAL ISSUES ~
Louisiana : Mississippi River Pilotage
Automated Manifest System

~ COMMERCIAL ISSUES ~
Mississippi Exclusive Towage - Update
US Ship Brokers and Agents - minimum membership criteria

~ TECHNICAL& IMO NEWS ~
CASTEC agenda
BLU Manual
US Ballast Water Management :
financial penalties for not-filing / Californian Pollution control

~ INTRODUCTION ~

~ ASSOCIATION POLICY & INDUSTRY NEWS ~
IMO votes for non-mandatory DSS
Presentations in Greece
Report : Intercargo meeting in Shanghai
Asian Shipowners Forum
Australian engagement

~ OPERATIONAL ISSUES ~
8 Greenpeace incidents
Latest ISPS implementation
Restrictions Victoria Ballast Water Management

~ COMMERCIAL ISSUES ~
Ship mortgage / Turkey

~ TECHNICAL& IMO NEWS ~
New Terminal Reporting Form
CVRD terminal loading rates
BLU Manual
IMO DSS debate / prospects for re-opening?
CASTEC coating standards

~ INTRODUCTION ~

~ ASSOCIATION POLICY & INDUSTRY NEWS ~
Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) problems
CASTEC meeting in Dubai

~ OPERATIONAL ISSUES ~
Australian documentation
US International Carriers Bond
US / international OWS crackdown
Further Greenpeace protests
Mississippi Exclusive Towage

~ COMMERCIAL ISSUES ~
US Tax changes
IMB : Countering Maritime Fraud
Commercial pressures and safety
Vessel arrests by former owners

~ TECHNICAL& IMO NEWS ~
MSC 78 : Formal Safety Assessment
DE 47 : definitions, woodchip carriers
MEPC 51 : Air Pollution, recycling

~ INTRODUCTION ~

~ ASSOCIATION POLICY & INDUSTRY NEWS ~
IMO requests Intercargo help for ISPS data
Single secretariat for Intercargo and Intertanko

~ OPERATIONAL ISSUES ~
Disposal residues in Great Lakes
High level anti-piracy initiative
Slovenian developments
US International Carriers Bond

~ COMMERCIAL ISSUES ~
Mississippi Exclusive Towage

~ TECHNICAL& IMO NEWS ~
IMO Bulk Code / Ilemenite Clay
Outcome IMO Design and Equipment
Port Reception facilities