ICSfully supports the submission made by Shipping Australia Limited in support of the maintenance of Part X of Australia’s Competition and Consumer Act (CCA). ICS agrees that the current regulatory environment in Australiaencourages container lines to competerobustly in terms of the quality of service that they provideand that the current approach,which has continued to be applied since the last major review of Part X in 2005,does not inhibit competition.
In advance of next week’s meeting of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has suggested a number of steps by which IMO Member States might address implementation problems associated with the Ballast Water Management Convention, which has yet to enter into force.
The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), which starts on 31 March, will seek to make progress on the development of a global system of monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from ships. This is supported by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) which has made a detailed submission on the issue to the MEPC meeting on behalf of its member national shipowners’ associations.
Submitted by International Chamber of Shipping, International Group of P&I Clubs, International Union of Marine Insurance, and International Salvors’ Union, Legal Committee, 101st Session, Agenda Item 11, April 2014.
Submitted by IACS, Intercargo, BIMCO and ICS, Editorial and Technical Group of the Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers, 1st Session, Agenda Item 5, March 2014.
Maritime Employer representatives, coordinated by the International Shipping Federation (ISF), met with International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) counterparts this week at the International Labour Organization to review the ILO recommended minimum wage for the Able Seafarer. It was agreed that from 1 January 2015, the ILO minimum monthly basic wage for an AB is increased to US$592 and from 1 January 2016, the basic wage is increased to US$614.