In 1961 ICS was the first shipping industry association to be granted consultative status at the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO). Since then, our secretariat has been regularly attending – and contributing to – the technical meetings. Our national association membership structure enables us to provide a well-balanced industry view, which we express through submissions.
Agenda: HARMFUL AQUATIC ORGANISMS IN BALLAST WATER. Submitted by Australia, Canada, Ireland, Marshall Islands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, ICS, BIMCO, INTERTANKO, INTERCARGO and BEMA
This submission is made on behalf of ICS, the UK Chamber of Shipping, WSC, and ASA (collectively, the “Associations”), in response to the consultation on the CMA’s provisional decision not to introduce a UK-specific block exemption for liner shipping consortia on expiry of the Retained Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (“Retained CBER”).
Agenda: REVIEW OF THE 2014 GUIDELINES FOR THE REDUCTION OF UNDERWATER NOISE FROM COMMERCIAL SHIPPING TO ADDRESS ADVERSE IMPACTS ON MARINE LIFE (MEPC.1/CIRC.833) (2014 GUIDELINES) AND IDENTIFICATION OF NEXT STEPS. Submitted by ICS, BIMCO, INTERTANKO and IPTA
Agenda: AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION/SURVEY OF MEANS OF EMBARKATION AND DISEMBARKATION (MSC.1/CIRC.1331) CONCERNING THE RIGGING OF SAFETY NETTING ON ACCOMMODATION LADDERS AND GANGWAYS. Submitted by Denmark, Kingdom of the Netherlands, ICS, IAPH, BIMCO, IMPA, IFSMA and IHMA
Agenda: FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANDIDATE
MID-TERM MEASURE(S) IN THE CONTEXT OF PHASE III OF THE WORK PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MID- AND LONG-TERM MEASURES. Submitted by ICS and IBIA
ICS, WSC and ECSA provide comments in response to the questions posed for discussion by paper E/C.18/2023/CRP44. These comments reflect the written submission made by the cosponsors on 1 May 2023,