Category: Media Releases

Media Release "First dedicated STS standard for dry bulk released by INTERCARGO as operations increase"

Joint Statement "Shipping Industry United In Support Of IMO As Its Global Regulator And Successful Implementation Of IMO GHG Reduction Pathway"

Middle East Gulf Continued Regional Disruption Impacts to Crew Welfare and Inspections

Media Release "INTERCARGO Convenes Maritime Industry to Advance Common Approach to Dry Bulk STS Transfers"

Media Release "INTERCARGO Urges Vigilance and Reaffirms Priority on Seafarer Safety as Security Risks Escalate in Middle East Gulf and Strait of Hormuz"

Joint Statement "Shipping Industry Associations’ Chairs reaffirm commitment to cooperation on shared challenges"

Annual Capital Link Greek Shipping Forum - INTERCARGO Chair's Statement

INTERCARGO's latest activity on LinkedIn

We proudly congratulate Michael Phoon on his appointment as Managing Director of Dry Bulk Centre of Excellence.

(video) INTERCARGO Celebrating 45 Years

Joint Release: INTERCARGO partners with IBIA to strengthen collaboration on decarbonisation, safety, and marine fuels

Media Release: INTERCARGO reaffirms unity and momentum at 45th Anniversary AGM in Athens

Media Release: INTERCARGO celebrates record membership ahead of 45th Anniversary AGM in Athens

Joint Release: Tripartite reaffirms support for IMO as global regulator

On the outcome of IMO's MEPC ES 2

World Maritime Day 2025

Media Release: INTERCARGO-Member Fleets Outperform on Safety and Compliance

Joint industry statement on the latest developments in the Red Sea

INTERCARGO condemns Attack on Magic Seas

Day of the Seafarer 2025

Media Release: INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2025: Safety gains continue but security threats emerge

Media Release: “INTERCARGO meetings held in China with focus on safety and decarbonisation"

Media Release: "INTERCARGO Welcomes ILO Recognition of Seafarers as Key Workers"

Media Release: “INTERCARGO Responds to IMO's Decision on GHG Reduction Measures”

Media Release: “INTERCARGO Reaffirms Call for Simplicity as IMO Climate Talks Intensify”

INTERCARGO Statement on the Loss of Seafarers in the Attack on a Merchant Ship in Odesa

Joint Media Release: "Shipping organisations increasingly concerned about seafarer safety"

Media Release: “INTERCARGO Quality Panel Expansion Enhances Sector Collaboration to Drive Maritime Excellence”

Media Release: “Dry Bulk Industry Pays Tribute to Outgoing INTERCARGO Chairman Dimitri Fafalios”

Media Release: "INTERCARGO Annual Review Details Progress in Safety, Sustainability and Growth"

Media Release: "INTERCARGO welcomes RightShip’s recent announcement of a revised age trigger inspection timeline"

Media Release: "New Leadership Team Elected at INTERCARGO"

INTERCARGO Expresses Concern Over RightShip's Decision to Reduce the Age Limit for Bulk Carriers' Vetting Inspections

Media Release: "INTERCARGO Urges Members to Join the Dry Bulk Management Standard (DryBMS) Portal to Drive Industry Improvement"

World Maritime Day 2024

Media Release: "INTERCARGO Calls for Simplicity in Shipping Decarbonization Measures"

Media Release: "INTERCARGO Proposals Call on IMO to Review Carbon Intensity Indicator at MEPC 82"

Media Release: "INTERCARGO joins shipping industry in calls for IMO to amend flaws in the Carbon Intensity Indicator"

Joint Statement: Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII)

Media Release: "INTERCARGO members achieving fewer deficiencies and detentions, despite global upheaval"

Media Release: "Day of the Seafarer 2024 – Safety First and Foremost"

Joint Statement: Shipping industry calls for action following the attack on the MV Tutor and cargo ship Verbena

Press statement: INTERCARGO condemns deadly attacks on bulk carriers

Media Release: "INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2024"

Media Release: “At INTERCARGO meetings in Tokyo, safety and decarbonisation were key issues for members"

Media Release: ESG provides a roadmap for dry bulk shipping says INTERCARGO as it publishes first ESG Review

Joint Media Release: INTERCARGO and RightShip launch Dry Bulk Centre of Excellence (DBCE)

INTERCARGO statement on attacks on merchant ships

Joint Media Release – Attack on MV True Confidence – 06 March 2024

INTERCARGO Statement on Safety of Seafarers

INTERCARGO Statement on Red Sea attacks

Media Release: "Bulk carrier design presents a decarbonisation challenge"

INTERCARGO statement on KMAX Ruler attack

Media Release: “INTERCARGO meets in Athens and celebrates record membership"

Media Release: “INTERCARGO highlights new membership high in Annual Review"

Media Release: “INTERCARGO stresses its commitment to MARPOL on World Maritime Day"

Media Release: "INTERCARGO warns against complacency as liquefaction remains greatest contributor to deaths in dry bulk sector"

INTERCARGO Statement on Black Sea Grain Initiative

INTERCARGO Statement on IMO GHG Strategy

INTERCARGO statement: IMO’s mid-term decarbonisation measures should be simple and effective

INTERCARGO statement welcoming the Hong Kong Convention ratification

Media Release: “2023 Day of the Seafarer focuses on environment commitment”

Media Release: “INTERCARGO members surpass industry average performance in both deficiencies and detentions"

Media Release: "Don’t regulate shipping in isolation warns INTERCARGO as members meet in Dubai"

Media Release: "INTERCARGO reaches membership milestone"

INTERCARGO Statement on Black Sea Grain Initiative

Joint Media Release: "Round Table prioritises Seafarers at first in-person meeting since COVID"

Joint open letter on seafarers still trapped in Ukraine

Chairman's 2023 Welcome message

Season's Greetings from INTERCARGO

Media Release: "INTERCARGO Statement on IMO Decarbonisation Ambitions, Medium-Term Measures and Carbon Intensity Indicators''

Media Release: "Singapore Welcomes INTERCARGO Members from Around the World''

Media Release: "World Maritime Day Message Must Extend Beyond the Boundaries of Shipping, says INTERCARGO''

INTERCARGO’s deepest condolences for the passing of HM The Queen

Joint Media Release: “Shipping industry to remove the Indian Ocean High Risk Area”

Joint Media Release: “Nigeria and Shipping Industry Launch Strategy to Eliminate Piracy Threat in Gulf of Guinea"

Media Release: “Industry Partners Must Play a Greater Role in Safety, says INTERCARGO”

"2022 Day of the Seafarer: Share your journey"

Media Release: "Towards 2050: Governments must share the load, warns INTERCARGO"

Media Release: "Shipping Industry Suffering from ‘Long COVID’ says INTERCARGO"

"International Day for Women in Maritime"

Media Release: "New Report Highlights INTERCARGO Members’ Commitment to Quality"

Media Release: "Time for Reflection at INTERCARGO’s Spring Semi-Annual Meetings"

INTERCARGO statement on crews & ships trapped at Ukrainian ports

Statement from INTERCARGO on the Ukrainian crisis

Media Release: "EU Beginning to Grasp Realities of Shipping, says INTERCARGO"

Season's Greetings from INTERCARGO

Joint Media Release: "Industry group reveals initial results from research into maritime deaths in enclosed spaces"

Statement on IMO's MEPC 77 meeting

Media Release: "Achieving 2050 zero-emission shipping: Global challenges require global solutions"

Media Release: "Time to recognise the value of the dry bulk sector says INTERCARGO"

“World Maritime Day 2021: Seafarers: at the core of shipping’s future”

Statement on GHG emissions and a levy-based Market Based Measure

Media Release: "No compromise on safety says INTERCARGO following MEPC 76"

Media Release: "Day of the Seafarer 2021 - INTERCARGO Joins Calls for a Fair Future for Seafarers"

Joint Media Release: "Shipping industry urges governments to act on USD 5 billion decarbonisation fund"

Joint Media Release: "Shipping industry welcomes Nigeria’s creation of 'Deep Blue' to stamp out piracy in the Gulf of Guinea"

Statement of Support – new Seafarers International Relief Fund

Seafarers & COVID-19: INTERCARGO Statement of concern

Media Release: "Vaccination lottery for the dry bulk sector"

Media Release: "INTERCARGO affirms leadership role in representing dry bulk shipping"

Joint Media Release: "Industry backs United Nations $5 Billion 'Moon-Shot' Programme to decarbonise Shipping"

Joint Media Release: "Round Table Shipping Organisations Highlight Key Issues for the Maritime Industry"

INTERCARGO: "40 Years of Accomplishments, 40 Years of Expectations"

'Together in Safety' Shipping Safety Report

The Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change

Joint Media Release: “RightShip and INTERCARGO announce important new quality standard for dry bulk sector to be governed by new NGO"

Season's Greetings from INTERCARGO

Media Release: "Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of INTERCARGO up for new terms"

Sailors' Society Virtual Christmas Carol Service

Seafarers Delivering Christmas Campaign

Media Release: "INTERCARGO calls for seafarers to receive COVID-19 vaccine as a priority"

Joint Media Release: "Shipping bodies call on Jeff Bezos to take a stand for stranded seafarers at industry Round Table"

Joint Media Release: "INTERCARGO, DNV GL, and the Standard Club launch new bulk carrier ventilation guide"

Joint Media Release: "Shipping industry welcomes IMO decision to give further consideration to USD 5 billion fund to accelerate decarbonisation"

Joint Media Release: “Shipping industry urges Governments to take forward USD 5 billion proposal to accelerate the decarbonisation of maritime transport”

Media Release: “INTERCARGO supports IMO in approving GHG measures next week”

IMO Secretary-General Emeritus William A. O’Neil, remembered

Media Release: "INTERCARGO: Charterers preventing crew change must be held to account"

Media Release: "INTERCARGO Meetings Address Key Industry Issues"

Media Release: “World Maritime Day 2020: Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet”

Media Release: “Shipping’s inclusion in EU ETS ignores industry’s calls for collaboration”

“M/V Wakashio grounding and the environmental tragedy in Mauritius”

Joint Media Release: “Industry survey shows switch to low-sulphur fuel has not been without problems”

“Crew change: Drastic measures needed now”

Day of the Seafarer: “Slow Response from Governments Pushing Seafarers to their Limits”

Urgent video message: “Crew Change – time is running out”

Crew Change for ‘Key Workers’ at Sea Must be Top of the Industry’s Agenda, says INTERCARGO

Joint Media Release: "Safety Warranty Prevails: US Supreme Court Rules that Owners can Rely on Absolute Warranty in Frequently Used Safe Berth Clauses"

Joint Media Release: "New publication offers updated maritime security guidance for mariners operating off West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea"

“Coronavirus poses major challenges for seafarers on merchant ships from increasing restrictions imposed by port states”

Joint Media Release: "Implementation Challenges of 2020 Sulphur Cap"

Joint Media Release: "Industry Challenges (COVID-19, GHG & IMRB)"

Joint Media Release: "Gulf of Guinea Security"

“INTERCARGO applauds the IMO’s intention to improve casualty investigation reporting”

Joint Media Release: "Shipping sector proposes USD 5 billion R&D board to cut emissions"

Joint Media Release – Tripartite 2019

“2020 still dominates dry bulk shipping’s challenges”

"Round Table leaders set their sights on the future"

"Deep concern for the 25 seafarers reported missing aboard 'NUR ALLYA' loaded with Nickel Ore in Indonesia"

“2020 Global Sulphur Limit implementation: INTERCARGO raises Safety concerns”

Celebrating the Day of the Seafarer 2019: “I Am On Board with gender equality”

“INTERCARGO on Bulk Carrier Casualties reporting”

“2019 is a year for dry cargo owners to prepare their vessels in view of landmark changes in shipping”

"Cargo liquefaction continues to be a major risk for dry bulk shipping"

“IMO to further consider the challenges of 2020”

Joint Media Release - Tripartite 2018

“The dry bulk sector and the critical challenges that lie ahead”

"On the M/V Cheshire Casualty Investigation Report”

Celebrating the Day of the Seafarer 2018: “Seafarers' wellbeing”

"IMO Member States must progress on key sulphur cap issues at critical meeting in July"

“On Bulk Carrier Casualties & Incidents”

“On IMO’s initial strategy for the reduction of GHG from ships”

"Regulation is welcome but should be measured and wise"

"On the latest piracy attack in West Africa"

Shipping Industry 'broadly satisfied' with IMO progress on CO2 strategy - but much work still to be done

“On the tragic loss of EMERALD STAR”

“Persisting industry challenges remain at the top of the INTERCARGO agenda while its Membership increases drastically”

BWM: Regulation should not distort the market’s level playing field

Celebrating Day of the Seafarer 2017: Seafarers Matter

Joint Round Table Media Release on CO2 emissions

“BWM Legislation Implementation: Practical problems in need of an answer”

After the tragic loss of STELLAR DAISY, a quality and thorough investigation report will be needed quickly

Regulations should achieve their core purpose in the most effective and practical ways possible

IMΟ has our full support in the mitigation of global GHG emissions from ships

Joint Media Release - Tripartite 2016

Industry United in Seeking Further Progress on CO2

Our industry should be proud of its achievements

INTERCARGO Push-Ahead for Solutions to Dry-Bulk Safety Problems

Joint Media Release - Tripartite 2015

Continued Awareness and Vigilance to Ensure the Safe Carriage of Bulk Cargoes

Joint Media Release - Tripartite 2014

Intercargo Appoints New Secretary General

Rob Lomas announces his resignation from Intercargo

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