Dear Members of INTERCARGO,
Warmest wishes on behalf of our Secretariat for a prosperous, safe, and successful New Year!
Please refer to INTERCARGO Chairman’s 2026 Welcome Message.
A brief review follows of our Association’s latest and upcoming activities::
Membership updates;
Calendar of meetings & events;
Media releases / Public communications;
Publications, papers, and media productions;
Web-posted updates relating to INTERCARGO’s Work Programme;
Regular circulars;
Members’ Surveys & Reporting;
Other updates.
In more detail:
Membership updates
INTERCARGO has been delighted to welcome the following new Members since our previous monthly update in December:
Full Members:
– Qingdao Agricore Ship Management Co. Ltd
– H. Vogemann Reederei Services GmbH & Co. KG
– Capital Axis Maritime Corp.
New Full Members joining in 2026 are listed here and in 2025 here.
Associate Members:
– Kpler Holding SA
– Interoutes
– A General Group
– ABB Oy
– Brigantine Marine Service
– CYMEPA
– Metis Cyberspace Technology S.A.
– Zhejiang Four Brothers Rope Co. Ltd
– Maritime Trainer
– Accelleron Switzerland Ltd
– The Shipping Federation of Canada
New Associate Members joining in 2026 are listed here and in 2025 here.
Calendar of meetings & events
– INTERCARGO Quality Panel West and Panel East meetings, Dec. 1 and 3, please refer here
– The 4th International Maritime Human Factors Symposium, Dec. 3-5
– (upcoming) IMO Sub-Committee On Ship Design And Construction (SDC 12), Jan. 19-23
– (Save-the-date) INTERCARGO’s next semi-annual meetings will be taking place in Singapore on 14-15 May 2026. Further details will be shared in due course and will be posted here.
For a detailed account of recent & upcoming meetings/events, please refer to the monthly calendar (latest update as of January 7th, attached to this webpage)
Media releases / Public communications
– “Congratulating Michael Phoon on his appointment as Managing Director of Dry Bulk Centre of Excellence” (December 9)
You may view all INTERCARGO’s Media releases here.
INTERCARGO’s communications on LinkedIn can be viewed & followed here.
Publications, papers, and media productions
– UPCOMING INTERCARGO Annual Review 2025
– UPCOMING INTERCARGO Ship-to-Ship Transfer Guidelines for Bulk Carriers – First Edition
– INTERCARGO Benchmarking Report 2024-2025 – please see here
– INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2025 – please see here
– INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2015-2024 – please see here
– Consolidated BMP Maritime Security publication – please see here
– INTERCARGO videos – please see here
– INTERCARGO Annual Review 2023-2024 – please see here
– Guidelines on Cyber Security On Board Ships – please see here
– INTERCARGO ESG Review 2024 – please see here
For all publications, please view here
Web-posted updates relating to INTERCARGO’s Work Programme
– Piracy – please see here
– Cyber Risks – please see here
– Ballast Water – please see here
– Ports & Terminals – please see here
– IMO – please see here
– EU Regulations – please see here
Regular circulars
– Technical Updates (also posted here)
– Dry bulk trade and fleet update (monthly, also posted here)
– Selected Headlines on Alternative Fuels & Technologies (also posted here)
– Selected News Headlines (also posted here)
– the present update of Secretariat activities (monthly, also posted 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
– Other experience sharing
Other updates
INTERCARGO’s revised Constitution, according to the Annual General Meeting 2025 deliberations, is available here.
You are invited to refer to our Association’s circulars shared via regular 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 our Secretariat at info@intercargo.org.
Kostas
Kostas Gkonis
Secretary General
For the 2025 monthly updates, please see here
