The fourteenth meeting of the IMO’s Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 14) took place from Monday 20 to Friday 24 March 2023, and its report will be further considered by MEPC 80 (3 to 7 July...
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2024 Monthly updates of Secretariat activities
For the 2023 monthly updates, please see here
Update on Database of Ship-Terminal Interface Issues
Update on 24 Apr 2024: The Database on Ship-Terminal Interface Issues contains entries of 751 ports in more than 100 regions/countries, based on 3277 Reports from masters of bulk carriers. In addition to the information about port reception facility...
IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL)
Update on 12 Apr 2024: The 48th session of the IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL 48) met from Monday, 08 April to Friday, 12 April 2024. Among the 20 agenda items, the key topics included: Attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden...
Ports & Terminals
About Port reception facilities IMO develops and maintains a port reception facility database (PRFD) as a module of the IMO Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS) . The PRFD was designed to allow IMO Member States to update the...
Anti-fouling and in-water cleaning
Update:-03 Mar 2024 Contents In-water cleaning – IMO will develop guidance New Zealand – Craft Risk Management Standard No approved in-water cleaning service providers in New Zealand You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please Login...
IMO GHG Strategy and Upgrade of Seafarer Skills
Update on 12 Jul 2023: Contents: Gap analysis Role of shipowners Role of crew managers Target skill training in digitalization and decarbonization The 2023 IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships highlights three aspects to reach zero...
Selected News Headlines 2023/Q2
HEADLINES SELECTED BY INTERCARGO (26/06/2023 – 02/07/2023) INTERCARGO statement: IMO’s mid-term decarbonisation measures should be simple and effective Dr Gkonis was commenting on the IMO’s 15th session of the Intersessional Working Group on...
Selected News Headlines 2022/Q4
HEADLINES SELECTED BY INTERCARGO (19/12/2022 – 31/12/2022) Retailers Pull Back From Using Chartered Cargo Ships Retailers are moving away from using chartered ships to get around pandemic-triggered disruptions now that congestion at ports has...
PSC Inspection on MARPOL Annex VI
Update on 13 Feb 2022: MEPC.321(74) on 2019 Guidelines for port State control under MARPOL Annex VI chapter 3 was revoked by IMO Assembly resolution A. 1155(32) as adopted on 15 Dec 2021. On 28 Jan 2022, IMO published resolution A. 1155(32), as...
