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2023 Monthly updates of Secretariat activities

May 2023

Dear Members of INTERCARGO,

 

Wishing you a nice month of May,

a brief review follows of our Association’s latest and upcoming activities:

Membership updates;

INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings on May 25-26 (Dubai);

Calendar of meetings & events;

Media releases / Public communications;

Publications-reports-papers;  

Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Work Programme;

Members’ Surveys & Reporting;

Regular circulars;

Other updates.

 

In more detail:

 

Membership updates

New members in April:

– Enesel Dry S.A.

– Navarone S.A.

– Greentec Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (Associate)

 

New Members joining in 2023 are listed here.

 

INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings on May 25-26 (Dubai)

Our Association’s next semi-annual meetings will be taking place in Dubai on May 25-26.

Registrations will be open until May 10; to register and for information about the schedule of meetings & events, please refer here.

 

Calendar of meetings & events  

– INTERCARGO hosted webinar “Latest Mooring Management requirements of Australian ports” by Associate member BLACK ROPE (April 10) – please see here

– IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RESPONSE (PPR 10)  (week of April 24) – please see here

– “CAREFULLY TO CARRY” book launch with UK P&I Club, Athens, Greece (April 27) – please see here

– (upcoming) IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND SEARCH AND RESCUE (NCSR 10) (May 8-17)

– (upcoming) INTERCARGO hosted webinar “Biofuels in shipping” by Associate member BV (May 20)- please see here

 

Please refer to the calendar (latest update as of May 2, posted on this webpage)

 

Media releases / Public communications

 

You may follow INTERCARGO’s communications on LinkedIn here

 

For media coverage of our Association, please refer to “INTERCARGO in the News” updates here

 

Publications, reports & papers

– INTERCARGO Annual Review 2021-2022 – please see here

– INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2022 – please see here

– INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2012-2021 – please see here

INTERCARGO Benchmarking Report 2020-2021 – please see here

latest “Dry Bulk Shipping video: Sustainably serving the world’s essential needs” – please see here

 

For all publications, please see here

 

Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Work Programme

– Technical Updates – please see here

– Piracy – please see here

– Cyber risks – please see here

– Ballast Water – please see here

– Emissions – please see here

– Ports & Terminals – please see here

– IMO – please see here

– Other Legislation – please see here

– Misc. issues – please see here

 

Members’ Surveys & Reporting

For our Surveys & Reporting, including the below, please refer for details here

– Terminal Reporting

– Safe Loading/Unloading at Anchorage

– Crew injury frequency and lost time

– Bunker sampling survey

– Other experience sharing

 

Regular circulars

– INTERCARGO in the News (please see here)

– Selected News Headlines (weekly, also posted here)

– Dry bulk trade and fleet update (monthly, also posted here)

– Selected Headlines on Alternative Fuels & Technologies (also posted here)

– Technical Updates (monthly, also posted here)

– the present update of Secretariat activities (monthly, also posted here)

 

Other updates

Please also refer to our Association’s circulars shared regularly via emailing

and consult the articles on our website https://www.intercargo.org/, where the latest updates are posted on the Homepage under:

IN FOCUS

LATEST ARTICLES (Noticeboard, Association News, Media Releases)

– and MEMBER NEWS (includes access to industry events);

also navigate the MENU (top of page) for TOPICS, NEWS, and other categories of updates.

 

For any question or clarification, do not hesitate to contact me and the Secretariat at info@intercargo.org.

Kind regards

Kostas

 

 

Kostas Gkonis

Secretary General

 

 

April 2023

Dear Members of INTERCARGO,

 

As the month of March is coming to its end,

a brief review follows of our Association’s latest and upcoming activities:

Membership updates;

Next INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings;

Calendar of meetings & events;

Media releases / Public communications;

Publications-reports-papers;  

Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Work Programme;

Members’ Surveys & Reporting;

Regular circulars;

Other updates.

 

In more detail:

 

Membership updates

New members in March:

– Seastar Chartering Ltd

– Chronos Shipping Co. Ltd

– Crossworld Marine Services Ltd (Associate)

 

New Members joining in 2023 are listed here.

 

Next INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings

Our Association’s next semi-annual meetings will be taking place in Dubai on 25-26 May.

Registrations have opened: to register and for relevant information, please refer here.

 

Calendar of meetings & events  

– IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON SHIP SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT (SSE 9) (week of Feb. 27) – please see here

– IMO INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP ON GHG REDUCTION FROM SHIPS (week of March 20) – please see here

– (upcoming) “CAREFULLY TO CARRY” book launch, Athens, Greece (April 27) – please see here

– (upcoming) IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RESPONSE (PPR 10)  ) (week of April 24)

 

Please refer to the calendar (latest update as of March 30) posted on this webpage.

 

Media releases / Public communications (in March)

– “INTERCARGO Statement on Black Sea Grain Initiative” (March 9) – please see here

 

You may follow INTERCARGO’s communications on LinkedIn here

 

For media coverage of our Association, please refer to “INTERCARGO in the News” updates here

 

Publications, reports & papers

– INTERCARGO Annual Review 2021-2022 – please see here

– INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2022 – please see here

– INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2012-2021 – please see here

INTERCARGO Benchmarking Report 2020-2021 – please see here

latest “Dry Bulk Shipping video: Sustainably serving the world’s essential needs” – please see here

 

For all publications, please see here

 

Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Work Programme

– Incidents & Casualties – please see here

– Piracy – please see here

– Emissions – please see here

– Ports & Terminals – please see here

– Training, Manpower & Human Element – please see here

– IMO – please see here

– Other Legislation – please see here

– Misc. issues – please see here

 

Members’ Surveys & Reporting

For our Surveys & Reporting, including the below, please refer for details here

– Terminal Reporting

– Safe Loading/Unloading at Anchorage

– Crew injury frequency and lost time

– Bunker sampling survey

– Other experience sharing

 

Regular circulars

– INTERCARGO in the News (please see here)

– Selected News Headlines (weekly, also posted here)

– Dry bulk trade and fleet update (monthly, also posted here)

– Selected Headlines on Alternative Fuels & Technologies (also posted here)

– Technical Updates (monthly, also posted here)

– the present update of Secretariat activities (monthly, posted here)

 

Other updates

Please also refer to our Association’s circulars shared regularly via emailing

and consult the articles on our website https://www.intercargo.org/, where the latest updates are posted on the Homepage under:

IN FOCUS

LATEST ARTICLES (Noticeboard, Association News, Media Releases)

– and MEMBER NEWS (includes access to industry events);

also navigate the MENU (top of page) for TOPICS, NEWS, and other categories of updates.

 

For any question or clarification, do not hesitate to contact me and the Secretariat at info@intercargo.org.

Kind regards

Kostas

 

 

Kostas Gkonis

Secretary General

 

 

March 2023

Dear Members of INTERCARGO,

 

Wishing you a nice month of March,

a brief review follows of our Association’s latest and upcoming activities:

Membership updates;

Next INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings;

Calendar of meetings & events;

Media releases / Public communications;

Publications-reports-papers;  

Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Work Programme;

Members’ Surveys & Reporting;

Regular circulars;

Other updates.

 

In more detail:

 

Membership updates

New members in February:

– Sealink Navigation Ltd

– Virono Shipping S.A.

– Goulandris Brothers (Hellas) Ltd

– Isle of Man Ship Registry  (Associate)

– Vertis Environmental Finance (Associate)

– Finocean Ltd (Associate)

– Contships Management Inc. (Associate)

 

New Members joining in 2023 are listed here.

 

Next INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings

Our Association’s next semi-annual meetings will be taking place in Dubai on 25-26 May; registrations will be opening soonest; for relevant information, please refer here.

 

Calendar of meetings & events  

– IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON HUMAN ELEMENT, TRAINING & WATCHKEEPING (HTW 9) (week of Feb. 6)  – please see here

– RIVIERA BULK CARRIER WEBINAR WEEK (week of Feb. 28)  – please see here

– IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON SHIP SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT (SSE 9) (week of Feb. 27) – please see here

– (upcoming) IMO 47th SESSION OF FACILITATION COMMITTEE (FAL 47) (week of March 13)

– (upcoming) IMO INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP ON GHG REDUCTION FROM SHIPS (week of March 20)

– (upcoming) CMA Shipping 2023 (March 21-23)- please see here

 

Please refer to the detailed calendar (latest update as of February 28) posted on this webpage.

 

Media releases / Public communications (in February)

– Joint Media Release: “Round Table prioritises Seafarers at first in-person meeting since COVID” (Feb. 22) – please see here

– Joint open letter on seafarers still trapped in Ukraine  (Feb. 20) – please see here

 

You may follow INTERCARGO’s communications on LinkedIn here

 

For media coverage of our Association, please refer to “INTERCARGO in the News” updates here

 

Publications, reports & papers

INTERCARGO Annual Review 2021-2022 – please see here

– INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2022 – please see here

– INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2012-2021 – please see here

INTERCARGO Benchmarking Report 2020-2021 – please see here

latest “Dry Bulk Shipping video: Sustainably serving the world’s essential needs” – please see here

 

For all publications, please see here

 

Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Work Programme

– Technical Updates – please see here

– Design & Construction, Machinery & Operations – please see here

– Emissions – please see here

– Ports & Terminals – please see here

– Training, Manpower & Human Element – please see here

– IMO – please see here

 

Members’ Surveys & Reporting

For our Surveys & Reporting, including the below, please refer for details here

– Terminal Reporting

– Safe Loading/Unloading at Anchorage

– Crew injury frequency and lost time

– Bunker sampling survey

– Other experience sharing

 

Regular circulars

– INTERCARGO in the News (please see here)

– Selected News Headlines (weekly, also posted here)

– Dry bulk trade and fleet update (monthly, also posted here)

– Selected Headlines on Alternative Fuels & Technologies (also posted here)

– Technical Updates (monthly, also posted here)

– the present update of Secretariat activities (monthly)

 

Other updates

Please also refer to our Association’s circulars shared regularly via emailing

and consult the articles on our website https://www.intercargo.org/, where the latest updates are posted on the Homepage under:

IN FOCUS

– LATEST ARTICLES (Noticeboard, Association News, Media Releases)

– and MEMBER NEWS (includes access to industry events);

also navigate the MENU (top of page) for TOPICS, NEWS, and other categories of updates.

 

For any question or clarification, do not hesitate to contact me and the Secretariat at info@intercargo.org.

 

Kind regards

Kostas

 

 

Kostas Gkonis

Secretary General

 

 

February 2023

 

Dear Members of INTERCARGO,

 

Wishing you a nice month of February,

a brief review follows of our Association’s latest and upcoming activities:

Membership updates;

Next INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings;

Calendar of meetings & events;

Media releases / Public communications;

Publications-reports-papers;  

Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Work Programme;

Members’ Surveys & Reporting;

Regular circulars;

Other updates.

 

In more detail:

 

Membership updates

New members in January:

– Ariston Navigation Corp.

– Sea Globe Management and Trading Inc.

 

New Members joining in 2023 are listed here.

 

Next INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings

Our Association’s next semi-annual meetings will be taking place in Dubai on 25-26 May 2023 (please note this is a revision of earlier dates initially indicated last month); for relevant information, please refer here.

 

Calendar of meetings & events  

– ECSA WEBINAR ON EU ETS (Jan. 11) – please see here

– IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON SHIP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (SDC 9) (Jan. 23-27) – please see here

– (upcoming) IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON HUMAN ELEMENT, TRAINING & WATCHKEEPING (HTW 9) (week of Feb. 6)

– (upcoming) IMO SUB-COMMITTEE ON SHIP SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT (SSE 9) (week of Feb. 27)

– (upcoming) RIVIERA BULK CARRIER WEBINAR WEEK (week of Feb. 28)  – please see here

 

Please refer to the calendar (latest update as of February 1, attached to this webpage)

 

Media releases / Public communications (in January)

– Communication on ‘Together in Safety’ media channel (Jan. 25) – please see here

– “Chairman’s 2023 Welcome message” (Jan. 4) – please see here

 

You may follow INTERCARGO’s communications on LinkedIn here

 

For media coverage of our Association, please refer to “INTERCARGO in the News” updates here

 

Publications, reports & papers

– INTERCARGO Annual Review 2021-2022 – please see here

– INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2022 – please see here

– INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2012-2021 – please see here

INTERCARGO Benchmarking Report 2020-2021 – please see here

latest “Dry Bulk Shipping video: Sustainably serving the world’s essential needs” – please see here

 

For all publications, please see here

 

Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Work Programme

– Piracy – please see here

– Emissions – please see here

– Ports & Terminals – please see here

– IMO – please see here

– Other Legislation – please see here

 

Members’ Surveys & Reporting

For our Surveys & Reporting, including the below, please refer for details here

– Terminal Reporting

– Safe Loading/Unloading at Anchorage

– Crew injury frequency and lost time

– Fuel Quality Survey

– Ballast Water Operational Survey (results published in July 2022)

– Other experience sharing

 

Regular circulars

– INTERCARGO in the News (please see here)

– Selected News Headlines (weekly, also posted here)

– Dry bulk trade and fleet update (monthly, also posted here)

– Selected Headlines on Alternative Fuels & Technologies (also posted here)

– the present update of Secretariat activities (monthly)

 

Other updates

Please also refer to our Association’s circulars shared regularly via emailing

and consult the articles on our website https://www.intercargo.org/, where the latest updates are posted on the Homepage under:

IN FOCUS

LATEST ARTICLES (Noticeboard, Association News, Media Releases)

– and MEMBER NEWS (includes access to industry events);

also navigate the MENU (top of page) for TOPICS, NEWS, and other categories of updates.

 

For any question or clarification, do not hesitate to contact me and the Secretariat at info@intercargo.org.

 

Kind regards

Kostas

 

 

Kostas Gkonis

Secretary General

 

 

January 2023

– January 2023-

 

Dear Members of INTERCARGO,

Warmest wishes on behalf of our Secretariat for the New Year 2023!

Please refer to INTERCARGO Chairman’s 2023 Welcome message.

 

A brief review follows of our Association’s latest and upcoming activities:

Membership updates;

INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings & AGM; Calendar of meetings & events;

Media releases / Public communications;

Publications-reports-papers;  

Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Working Programme;

Members’ Surveys & Reporting;

Regular circulars;

Other updates.

 

In more detail:

 

Membership updates

New members in December:

– Iblea Ship Management Ltd.

New Members that joined in H2/2022 are listed here.

 

Our Association is very pleased to report a new historic milestone reached in end 2022,

with the number of Full members surpassing the 150 mark & all members reaching #250

– also see here.

 

INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings & AGM

The minutes of our Association’s semi-annual meetings and Annual General Meeting held in November in Singapore were circulated and along with other supporting material can be found:

  Annual General Meeting – please see here

–  Executive Committee Meeting – please see here

–  Technical Committee Meeting – please see here

Our Association’s next semi-annual meetings are planned to take place in Dubai on 21-22 May 2023 (dates to be confirmed and detailed information to be communicated soonest).

 

Calendar of meetings & events  

– Tripartite 2022 (Dec. 1-2) – please see here

– IMO INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP ON GHG REDUCTION FROM SHIPS (ISWG-GHG 13), Dec. 5-9 – please see here

– IMO MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE (MEPC 79), Dec. 12-16 – please see here

– (upcoming) ECSA WEBINAR ON EU ETS, Jan. 11 – please refer to the below calendar

 

Please refer to the calendar (latest update as of January 5, attached to this webpage)

 

Media releases / Public communications (in December)

– “INTERCARGO Statement on IMO Decarbonisation Ambitions, Medium-Term Measures and Carbon Intensity Indicators” (Dec. 7) – please see here

– “Season’s Greetings from INTERCARGO” (Dec. 19) – please see here

 

You may follow INTERCARGO’s communications on LinkedIn here

 

For media coverage of our Association, please refer to “INTERCARGO in the News” updates here

 

Publications, reports & papers

– INTERCARGO Annual Review 2021-2022 – please see here

– INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2022 – please see here

– INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2012-2021 – please see here

INTERCARGO Benchmarking Report 2020-2021 – please see here

latest “Dry Bulk Shipping video: Sustainably serving the world’s essential needs” – please see here

 

For all publications, please see here

 

Web-posted updates / INTERCARGO’s Working Programme

– Piracy – please see here

– Ballast Water – please see here

– Emissions – please see here

– IMO – please see here

– Other Legislation – please see here

 

Members’ Surveys & Reporting

For our Surveys & Reporting, including the below, please refer for details here

– Terminal Reporting

– Safe Loading/Unloading at Anchorage

– Crew injury frequency and lost time

– Fuel Quality Survey

– Ballast Water Operational Survey (results published in July 2022)

– Other experience sharing

 

Regular circulars

– INTERCARGO in the News (please see here)

– Selected News Headlines (weekly, also posted here)

– Dry bulk trade and fleet update (monthly, also posted here)

– Selected Headlines on Alternative Fuels & Technologies (also posted here)

– the present update of Secretariat activities (monthly)

 

Other updates

Please also refer to our Association’s circulars shared regularly via emailing

and consult the articles on our website https://www.intercargo.org/, where the latest updates are posted on the Homepage under:

IN FOCUS

LATEST ARTICLES (Noticeboard, Association News, Media Releases)

– and MEMBER NEWS (includes access to industry events);

also navigate the MENU (top of page) for TOPICS, NEWS, and other categories of updates.

 

For any question or clarification, do not hesitate to contact me and the Secretariat at info@intercargo.org.

 

Kind regards

Kostas

 

 

Kostas Gkonis

Secretary General

 

 

For the 2022 monthly updates, please see here