Organisations
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IMO : Working towards Cameroon’s National Maritime Transport Policy
Cameroon is the latest country to benefit from IMO’s work promoting good governance practice in the maritime sector to support sustainable development. A virtual workshop (14-18 March) has provided senior officials from various ministries, departments, agencies, and other stakeholders with knowledge on the objectives, development process, content, implementation, and updating…
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ITF and ETF condemn P&O mass sacking and outsourcing
Global and European maritime unions have expressed anger and condemnation at breaking news that ferry operator P&O Ferries will move to sack its UK-based seafaring workforce and outsource their jobs to non-union, agency workers. Affiliates of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) were informed…
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Fisheries and Brexit Book Co-edited by WMU Researcher
A new publication, Fisheries and the Law in Europe: Regulation after Brexit, examines Brexit, fisheries and the repercussions of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) on the UK and the EU fishing industries. It provides a state-of-the-art discussion on economic, legal and policy approaches in relation to fisheries and Brexit…
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IMO Council decisions on Black Sea and Sea of Azov situation
IMO Extraordinary Council Session held to discuss the impacts on shipping and seafarers of the situation in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov The International Maritime Organization (IMO) held an extraordinary session of its Council (C/ES.35) on 10 and 11 March to address the impacts on shipping and seafarers…
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IMO : Supporting the Caribbean on the London Protocol
Supporting the Caribbean on the London ProtocolSenior officials from 14 Caribbean countries and dependent territories have discussed the need and benefits of ratifying and implementing the London Protocol (LP), which covers dumping at sea, at an online IMO regional workshop (2-3 March). The workshop, which focused on Small Island Developing…
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IMO calls Extraordinary Council Session
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will hold an Extraordinary Session of its Council to address the impacts on shipping and seafarers of the situation in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The Extraordinary Session (C ES 35) was convened following requests from several Council Members. The Session will…
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IMO : Supporting financing for maritime decarbonisation PDF
Maritimes decarbonization needs financial instruments – but these need to take into account the needs of developing countries, to ensure no one is left behind. This message was highlighted during a panel debate at the World Oceans Summit (1 March) on financing shipping decarbonization. IMO’s Gyorgyi Gurban said that pilots…
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Transport unions call for immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian military from Ukraine
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) call for an immediate ceasefire in hostilities, for the conflict to return to the diplomatic level, and respect for international human rights and humanitarian law, following the military escalation in Ukraine. All our thoughts are with the…
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Ukraine: IMO Secretary-General statement
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim said: “As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Ukraine, I fully support and stand with UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ call for hostilities to cease immediately. I am gravely concerned about the spillover effects of the military action in Ukraine on global shipping, and logistics, and…
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FSO SAFER – Contingency Planning Workshops in Yemen
As part of United Nations-coordinated efforts to address the risk of an oil spill from the FSO SAFER moored off the coast of Yemen, the International Maritime Organization and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Yemen are supporting contingency planning workshops to strengthen Yemen’s oil spill response capability. The first workshop…
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