INTERCARGO Submissions to IMO in 2023

Submissions to the Marine Environment Protection Committee 80th session (MEPC 80), 3-7 July 2023

• MEPC 80/4/6 – Challenges in complying with the BWM Convention requirements for existing ships operating in ports with challenging water quality (PCWQ) (see attached)
• MEPC 80/4/13 – Comments on the report of the Correspondence Group on Review of the BWM Convention (see attached)
• MEPC 80/4/14 – Comments on the proposed temporary guidance on the application of the BWM Convention to ships operating in challenging water quality (see attached)
• MEPC 80/4/16 – HARMFUL AQUATIC ORGANISMS IN BALLAST WATER Comments on documents MEPC 79/WP.6, MEPC 80/4/4 and MEPC 80/4/8 (see attached)
• MEPC 80/4/17 – HARMFUL AQUATIC ORGANISMS IN BALLAST WATER Comments on document MEPC 80/4/8 (see attached)
• MEPC 80/7/15 – REDUCTION OF GHG EMISSIONS FROM SHIPS Comments on document MEPC 80/7/4 (see attached)
• MEPC 80/16/3 – Call for establishment of a new traffic separation scheme south of Sri Lanka (see attached)

Submissions to the Sub-Committee on IMO Instruments (III 9), 31 July – 4 August 2023

• III 9/4/5 – Information on a proposal for a new output to amend the Casualty Investigation Code (see attached)
• III 9/INF.10 – Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2013-2022 (see attached)

Submissions to the Sub-Committee on Cargo Carriage and Containers (CCC 9), 20-29 September 2023

REVISION OF RESOLUTION A.1050(27) TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PERSONNEL ENTERING ENCLOSED SPACES ON BOARD SHIPS

• CCC 9/8/1 – Proposed revision to resolution A.1050(27) with track changes (see attached)
• CCC 9/8/2 – Analysis of enclosed space accidents 2011 to 2023 (see attached)
• CCC 9/8/3 – Oxygen depletion and gas emissions in enclosed spaces (see attached)
• CCC 9/8/4 – Enclosed space fatalities, classification of enclosed spaces and IMO rules implementation from the human element industry working group (see attached)
• CCC 9/INF.4 – Rationale for proposed amendments to the Assembly resolution A.1050(27) (see attached)
• CCC 9/INF.5 – Example of an enclosed space register and an enclosed space contingency plan (see attached)
• CCC 9/INF.8 – Oxygen depletion and gas emissions in enclosed spaces (see attached)
• CCC 9/INF.9 – OSpeed of oxygen depletion in steel related spaces (see attached)
• CCC 9/INF.10 – Experimental study on levels of oxygen and toxic gases in enclosed spaces with organic material (see attached)

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