Western Australia ports requiring bulk carriers to berth with hatches open
Intercargo has been receiving some concerning information on what appears to be an increasing practice in some Western Australia ports of requiring bulk carriers to berth with hatches open and cargo starting immediately prior to completing berthing.The information said:
The 9th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 9) was held from Monday, 31 July to Friday, 04 August 2023. The INTERCARGO brief covers the following items of this meeting: Lessons Learned from the Analysis of...
The eighth session of the Sub-Committee on IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 8) was held remotely from 25 to 29 July 2022. The INTERCARGO brief as attached covers the following items of this meeting: You need to login to...
The 8th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 8) will be held remotely from 25 to 29 July 2022. The INTERCARGO pre-brief as attached covers the following items of this meeting: We will attend III 8 and report...
The 7th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 7), originally scheduled to be held from 20 to 24 July 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and eventually held remotely from 12 to 16 July 2021. Here are...
The Director General of Shipping of India has issued a Notice on the implementation of prohibition on single use of plastic on 21 Nov 2019.
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Update: 7 May 2019 INTERCARGO’s Database on Ship-Terminal Interface Issues, as updated on 7 May 2019, contains entries of 518 ports in 95 regions/countries. The Database has the information about port reception facility issues, as well as...
One bulk carrier was expected to carry a cargo of “COPPER CONCENTRATE, GROUP A, UN 3077”. The cargo is: Cargo Group: Group A – para 7.2.1 of IMSBC Code indicates that “Group A cargoes contain a certain proportion of small particles and a...
The fifth session of IMO’s Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 5) was concluded on 28 Sept 2018. Outcome of III 5 is summarised as follows. Contents: Lessons Learnt from serious marine casualties Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2008...
Update on 5 Sept 2018:- Further to the INTERCARGO circulars IC1881 of 28 Apr and IC1898 of 7 Aug, it is to provide an update with following contents, including comments from INTERCARGO members so far: Contents: Port Reception Facilities – What...
It is a mandatory requirement under MARPOL Annex V for shippers to declare whether a cargo is HME cargo or not. If a cargo is declared as HME cargo (a cargo that is Harmful to the Marine Environment), there could be difficulties and significant...
Mandatory requirements Since our first circular was sent to members on 20 Feb 2018 as quoted below, we have been closely monitoring feedback from bulk carriers on difficulties to comply the amendments to MARPOL Annex V which entered into force on 1...
Submissions to Intersessional meeting (Oct. 23-27) of the Working Group on Reduction of GHG emissions submission ISWG-GHG 2-2-1 – Comments on the draft structure and suggested draft text for possible inclusion in the initial strategy...
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