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Class & Statutory Rules Design & Construction, Machinery & Operations IMO Noticeboard

Pre-Brief for the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction

The fifth session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC 5) will meet at the IMO headquarters between the 22nd and 26th January 2018, and will be attended by the INTERCARGO Secretariat. Among the agenda items, the following...

January 20, 2018

Incidents & Casualties Noticeboard

Bulk carrier incidents in 2016 and 2017 and analysis

Regarding casualties of bulk carriers of dwt 10k and over, and loss of seafarer lives as consequence of those casualties in 2017, it is sad to advise members of the following: You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please Login. Not a...

January 17, 2018

Cargoes Cyber Risks IMO Noticeboard Piracy SOx, PM emissions Training, Manpower & Human Element

A few issues for attention in 2018

Here is to report a few issues that may affect the operations of your fleet in 2018: Environment protection ECAs in China The 3 ECAs (sulphur Emission Control Areas) in China have taken effective from 1 Jan 2018, which require ships to use fuel with...

January 9, 2018

Noticeboard Other Legislation

EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Coming into effect on May 25th 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), a new directive, will provide a singular data protection law for the European Union – creating a reference and basis upon which security platforms can be...

December 12, 2017

Noticeboard Port State Control & Transparency

Equasis Statistics – Detention rate of the world fleet vs INTERCARGO fleet

On 27 Nov 2017, Equasis published the “Equasis Statistics – The world fleet 2016” on its webpage . Here are a few points inviting your attention:
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December 11, 2017

Ballast Water Noticeboard

Ballast Water Update December 2017

The December 2017 Ballast Water update includes the following information: Data on the number of BWTS currently fitted on vessels A summary of INTERCARGO BWTS Survey at present USCG Regulatory update Other – BWTS Manufacturer reply to member...

December 5, 2017

Noticeboard Port State Control & Transparency

Benchmarking PSC Regimes

Members may have good reasons to assign different scores to each of the 10 dominating PSC regimes, based on the experiences of their fleet and their teams of superintendents in office. Here are some points to assist members in fine tuning those...

December 5, 2017

Noticeboard Piracy

Military Threat Assessment of Security Risks in the Regions of Gulf of Aden

The military bi-annual report of “Threat Assessment” is released today, for reference of ships transiting through the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden (GoA), Gulf of Oman (GoO) and the Western Indian Ocean. The report takes into account information, knowledge...

December 1, 2017

GHG emissions Noticeboard Other Legislation

Alignment of EU MRV Regulation with IMO CO2 Data Collection System

INTERCARGO welcomes the Consultation on the revision of the policy on monitoring, reporting and verification of CO2 emissions from maritime transport undertaken for the purpose to align the EU MRV with the global IMO Data Collection System (IMO DCS)...

November 30, 2017

Misc Issues Noticeboard

Impact of the upgraded Panama Canal on bulk carrier sector

Members may have read the press release of Panama Canal summarising its performance of the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY2017) (). It led us to do a general research with following findings to share with members. Historical performance In terms of transit of...

November 21, 2017

Misc Issues Noticeboard

Ship Operations Costs

It is the time of year for companies to assess their performance in terms ship operations costs in 2017 and prepare their budget for 2018. To certain point it is useful to compare our own figures against those of industry average. Here is to share...

October 27, 2017

GHG emissions IMO Noticeboard

Brief on the outcome of the IMO Intersessional Working Group on GHG emissions

At IMO this past week (23-27 October) took place the 2nd “INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON REDUCTION OF GHG (GreenHouse Gas) EMISSIONS FROM SHIPS”. A 1st meeting took place on 26-30 June 2017 (just before the last MEPC 71 – Marine...