Alongside our Round Table partner organisations plus OCIMF, Intercargo participated in the Annual Tripartite meeting in Busan on 19-20 November 2012.

Tripartite refers to a meeting of the three group : Owners, Classification Societies/IACS, and the Shipbuilders Associations of, predominantly, China, Japan and Korea. The purpose of the meeting is to engage in dialogue on issues influencing future regulation and design.

Given our strong stance on safety, Intercargo presented on two aspects at this event :

i) Regulatory impact on safe design – avoiding unintended consequences (of, for example, environmental legislation impacting on safety) and

ii) Bulk Carrier Operations and Ship Design.

A note of the meeting is attached for Intercargo members only.