Tag: IMO

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and EUNAVFOR Operation ATALANTA Commander (OpCdr), Vice Admiral Núñez Torrente, agreed that shipping needs to continue to maintain a high level of awareness in the Western Indian Ocean and follow Best Management Practices (BMP) to deter piracy.

The IMO Secretariat is asking users of the Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS) to complete a questionnaire to understand their views on the operation, effectiveness and efficiency of the system.

At the request of Angola, IMO fielded a mission to Lobito, from 23 to 27 January 2023, to assess progress made in the implementation of the IMO-Singapore "Single Window for Facilitation of Trade (SWiFT) Project".

As IMO informed, proposals for low- and zero-carbon pilot projects were pitched during a stakeholder meeting of the GreenVoyage2050 Accelerator programme, in Cape Town, South Africa, on 18 January.

The IMO Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC 9) agreed draft revised Guidelines for the reduction of underwater noise from commercial shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life.

The 9th session of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC 9) took place from 23 to 27 January.

The Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed the progress made by the IMO to address the impact of underwater noise from ships on marine wildlife.

The UAE Federal Maritime Administration (FMA) has adopted the IMO Assembly Resolution A.1156(32) Survey Guidelines Under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification for Ships (HSSC)

The National Marine Fisheries Service denied an emergency petition to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from being struck by vessels off the coast of the southeast United States.

The Clean Arctic Alliance called for urgent action to address the impact of underwater noise from ships on Arctic wildlife, as a meeting of IMO’s Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC 9) opens in London from 23 to 27 January.