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Advice for Members regarding situation in Strait of Hormuz and Middle East

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

Presentations during semi-annual Meetings in Singapore: 14-15 May 2026

Technical Committee Meeting of 14 May 2026

Executive Committee Meeting of 15 May 2026

INTERCARGO’s Briefs for IMO’s MEPC 84

IMO
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INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2026

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

INTERCARGO’s Briefs for IMO’s ISWG-GHG 21

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

2026 Monthly updates of Secretariat activities

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Ship-to-Ship (STS) Transfer Guide Launch Event

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

INTERCARGO’s Brief on the Outcome of IMO FAL 50

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

Vigilance and Protection of Bulk Carrier Seafarers and shore-based Personnel in the Gulf Region

INTERCARGO's Outcome Brief for IMO HTW 12

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INTERCARGO’s Outcome Brief for IMO's PPR 13

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

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

IMO
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INTERCARGO’s Pre-Brief for PPR 13

IMO
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INTERCARGO’s Outcome Brief for SDC12

INTERCARGO's Pre-Brief for SDC12

INTERCARGO Chairman's 2026 Welcome Message

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All videos on INTERCARGO YouTube Channel

Season's Greetings from INTERCARGO

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

2025 Monthly updates of Secretariat activities

Tripartite 2025

Presentations during semi-annual Meetings in Athens: 3-4 November 2025

(video) INTERCARGO Celebrating 45 Years

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

INTERCARGO-hosted webinar by IMPA: “A Step Change: Looking Ahead to 2028”

Joint Release: Tripartite reaffirms support for IMO as global regulator

On the outcome of IMO's MEPC ES 2

INTERCARGO's Briefs on IMO's MEPC ES 2

INTERCARGO's Briefs for IMO's ISWG-GHG 20

World Maritime Day 2025

IMO
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INTERCARGO’s Briefs for IMO’s CCC 11 & ISWG-AF2

INTERCARGO’s Brief for IMO III 11

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

INTERCARGO condemns Attack on Magic Seas

Executive Committee Meeting: 13 May 2025

IMO
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INTERCARGO’s Briefs for IMO’s MSC 110

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

INTERCARGO’s Brief on the Outcome of IMO NCSR 12

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

Technical Committee Meeting: 12 May 2025

INTERCARGO Semi-Annual Meetings in Guangzhou, China (11-13 May 2025)

USTR hearing outcome on Proposed US Port Fees

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

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

INTERCARGO’s Briefs for IMO’s MEPC 83

INTERCARGO’s Briefs for IMO’s ISWG-GHG 19

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

INTERCARGO's Briefs for IMO's ISWG-APEE 1

USTR Consultation on Proposed US Port Fees

INTERCARGO’s Briefs for IMO’s ISWG-GHG 18

INTERCARGO New Logo

Featured: INTERCARGO is a proud supporter of "Together in Safety"

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2025 Dry Bulk Shipping video (short edition)

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

INTERCARGO Chairman’s New Year message 2025

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

INTERCARGO briefs for MSC 109

ExCom - Oct 2024

IMO
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INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2024

INTERCARGO new address in London

Annual General Meeting: 15 October 2024

Technical Committee Meeting: 14 October 2024

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

INTERCARGO’s Briefs for IMO’s MEPC 82

INTERCARGO’s Briefs for IMO's ISWG-GHG 17

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"

INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings & AGM, London, New dates: 14-15 October 2024

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

INTERCARGO's Briefs on CCC 10 and E&T 41

DBCE & DryBMS – a quality standard for the dry bulk sector (2024 updates)

Former Chairman of INTERCARGO, Dr Spyros M Polemis passes away

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"

JAPAN MARITIME DAILY interview

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

IMO
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INTERCARGO’s Brief's for IMO’s MEPC 81

INTERCARGO statement on attacks on merchant ships

IMO
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INTERCARGO’s Briefs for IMO's ISWG-GHG 16

Regional Security and Advice

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

INTERCARGO Briefs on IMO PPR 11

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs for IMO's SDC 10

INTERCARGO Statement on Safety of Seafarers

INTERCARGO Chairman’s New Year message 2024

In Focus

Season's Greetings from INTERCARGO

INTERCARGO Statement on Red Sea attacks

ExCom - October 2023

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

INTERCARGO FORUM - Athens, 23 November 2023

Annual General Meeting: 24 October 2023

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"

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs on IMO's CCC 9

IMO
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INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2023

IMO
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INTERCARGO’s Brief for IMO III 9

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

INTERCARGO Statement on Black Sea Grain Initiative

IMO
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An overview of IMO's functioning and of INTERCARGO's participation

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs for IMO's MEPC 80

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”

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs for IMO's ISWG-GHG 15

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"

Dubai Presentations Session – 26 May 2023

INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings: 25-26 May 2023

Media Release: "INTERCARGO reaches membership milestone"

IMO
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INTERCARGO’s Brief for IMO NCSR 10

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs for PPR 10

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs for IMO's ISWG-GHG 14

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

In Focus

COVID-19: Updates and Operational Considerations

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs on SDC 9

Chairman's 2023 Welcome message

Annual General Meeting: 25 November 2022

ExCom - November 2022

In Focus

INTERCARGO's Briefs for MEPC 79

In Focus

INTERCARGO's Briefs for ISWG-GHG 13

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

Technical Committee meeting: 24 November 2022

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

INTERCARGO 2022 'Autumn' semi-annual Meetings & AGM

IMO
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INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2022

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs on MSC 106

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs for CCC 8 and E&T 37

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

In Focus

Ukraine crisis updates

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

In Focus

Black Sea Grain Initiative - Procedures for Merchant Vessels

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

IMO
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INTERCARGO’s Brief for IMO NCSR 9

"2022 Day of the Seafarer: Share your journey"

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs for IMO's MEPC 78

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

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

INTERCARGO in LR's 1st Bulk Carriers Hellenic Forum Meeting

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs for ISWG-GHG 12

"International Day for Women in Maritime"

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs on IMO's MSC 105

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

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

INTERCARGO semi-annual meetings 31 March-1 April 2022

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs on IMO's ISWG-GHG 11

IMO
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IMO Extraordinary Council Session (C/ES.35): Black Sea and Sea of Azov situation impacts on shipping & seafarers

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"

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

IMO
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INTERCARGO's Briefs for MEPC 77

IMO
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INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2021

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

IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments

INTERCARGO Briefs on IMO's MEPC 76 and ISWG-GHG 8

BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO launch new fuel oil survey

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

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"

INTERCARGO Members: our Association's strength

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

Industry Strategy for Gulf of Guinea Counter-Piracy Initiatives

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

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"

Chairman's 2021 Welcome message

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"

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

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

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”

“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”

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INTERCARGO Global Sulphur Limit SURVEY

IMO
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2020 Sulphur Limit - Guidance and useful information

“2020 still dominates dry bulk shipping’s challenges”

Brief on CCC 6 (IMO Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers)

IMO
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INTERCARGO’s brief on the outcome of MSC 101

IMO
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INTERCARGO Brief on the outcome of MEPC 74

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

INTERCARGO Semi-Annual meetings in Hong Kong on 4-5 March 2019

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

Chairman's 2019 Welcome

2018 Monthly updates of Secretariat activities

Message to all Members from John Platsidakis, 2012-2018 Chairman

An overview of IMO's functioning and a review of INTERCARGO's participation

In Focus

Season’s Greetings from INTERCARGO

IMO
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INTERCARGO Brief on the outcome of MSC 100

IMO
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INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2018

“IMO to further consider the challenges of 2020”

IMO
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INTERCARGO Brief on the outcome of MEPC 73

IMO
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IMO’ Intersessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emissions (ISWG-GHG 4)

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

INTERCARGO meetings (ExCom, TechCom, AGM) in London on 1-2 October 2018

IMO
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INTERCARGO Brief on the outcome of MSC 99

“On Bulk Carrier Casualties & Incidents”

The INTERCARGO annual Benchmarking report

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

IMO
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INTERCARGO Brief on the outcome of MEPC 72

Full Members' Online Surveys

INTERCARGO meetings (ExCom, TechCom) in Singapore on 5-6 March 2018

"Regulation is welcome but should be measured and wise"

INTERCARGO outcome brief on IMO Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 5)

Advertising opportunities

Message to all INTERCARGO Members from our Association's Chairmen

2017 Monthly update of Secretariat activities & upcoming ones

Season's Greetings from INTERCARGO

"On the latest piracy attack in West Africa"

Exclusive Webinar for Full Members (December 5th) follow-up

In Focus

EMERALD STAR Casualty

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

Industry PRESENTATIONS SESSION - Athens, 10 October 2017

INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2017

INTERCARGO's growth in first 3 quarters of 2017

INTERCARGO meetings (ExCom, TechCom, AGM) in Athens on 9-10 October 2017

In Focus

Member LOGIN to the New Website

“Best Practices for Operation of BWTS” presentation at our London office by ABS

BWTS Round-Table for Ship Owners in Virginia, USA: 26 September 2017

INTERCARGO record so far in 2017

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

Dry bulk shipping: thinking short & long

CMA SHIPPING 2017 CONFERENCE

In Focus

Bulk carries invoiced for Environmental Monitoring System User fee by the Province of Zambales

Emissions MRV & Cybersecurity presentations at our London office by DNV GL

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"Cybersecurity for shipping - preparing for a digital world"

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Draft Guidelines for simulated launching for free fall lifeboat

INTERCARGO at IHS Maritime & Trade Risk Forum 2017