Organisations
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Organisations : IMO to reset meetings calendar
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that the original 2020 calendar of meetings has now been rescinded, as work gets under way to reschedule IMO meetings. The Organization advised in a Circular Letter that the IMO Council, which is meeting by correspondence for its thirty-second extraordinary session (C/ES.32), is considering the…
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IPCSA : Flying solo? Bewildered? IPCSA can help
Maybe you remember the very first time you went to the airport to catch a flight all by yourself. With no parents or friends to turn to, and the ordeal of check-in, passports, security, and finding the right gate ahead of you, you might well have felt bewildered, uncertain, and…
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Organisations : ITF helps global seafarers repatriate via Spain
The Fairchem Mako, whose crew the ITF helped to get off and get home Philippines crew from tanker Giancarlo D return home For the crew of chemical tanker Giancarlo D, Luz Baz and the ITF are a godsend. Luz is the ITF Coordinator for Spain, and she has been working with ship…
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IMO : Reduce the carbon intensity of international shipping by at least 40% by 2030
IMO has facilitated virtual informal discussion sessions (6-10 July) on short-term greenhouse gas reduction measures for international shipping and their associated impact assessments. The sessions provided a platform for all IMO Member States and organizations in consultative status with IMO to exchange views and share updated information on various technical and…
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IMO : Process promotes the applicable IMO instruments and assists
The process to follow up on audits under the IMO Member State audit scheme is continuing, despite the unavoidable disruption of the audit schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This process is crucial as it promotes the consistent and effective implementation of the applicable IMO instruments and assists Member States…
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IMO : Further progress towards greener and safer ship recycling in Bangladesh
Good progress towards a greener and safer ship recycling in Bangladesh has been reported during the annual meeting for the IMO-Norway-Bangladesh project on “Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling in Bangladesh – Phase II” (SENSREC), held virtually (8 July). IMO and the Governments of Norway and Bangladesh took stock of…
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ICS : Published the ICS Engine Room Procedures Guide
The design, complexity, and arrangement of engine rooms across the global shipping fleet vary far more widely than for bridges, and yet until today, there has been no dedicated guidance for safe engine room operations. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has met this challenge and published the ICS…
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ITF : Fishers failure has Ireland put on exploitation watch list
The government of the Republic of Ireland has been put on the United States Department of State’s ‘Tier 2 Watch List’ in the agency’s annual Trafficking In Persons report over Ireland’s failure to protect vulnerable workers such as fishers and those in the sex industry. In the recently released 2020 version of the…
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ITF : Crew of Global Cruise Vessels to return home from UK
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has been assisting hundreds of seafarers aboard the six Global Cruise Lines’ vessels currently in Tilbury and Bristol, in the United Kingdom. The seafarers have been stranded there because of global travel restrictions brought in to deal with the global pandemic. Crew on board…
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IMO : Reducing GHG emissions from ships – discussions on short-term measures
IMO remains committed to reducing GHG emissions from ships, even though the COVID-19 pandemic has led to postponements of important marine environment meetings and forced the maritime community to focus on other pressing issues, such as crew changes. In order to keep up the momentum on the implementation of the…
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