HTW1 – Development of Guidance for the Implementation of the 2010 Manila Amendments
Submission by ICS and ISF, Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping Sub-Committee, 1st Session, Agenda Item 5, December 2013.
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New ICS Initiative to Maintain IMO Primacy on Shipping and CO2 Issues
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) – the worldwide trade association for shipowners – has made an important written submission to the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) suggesting a possible way forward with respect to complex discussions about additional global regulations to further reduce CO2 emissions from merchant ships.
Ship to Ship Transfer Guide for Petroleum, Chemicals and Liquefied Gas, Fifth Edition
This edition was withdrawn in July 2025 and replaced by the second edition This industry Guide provides recommendations on safety, minimum equipment levels and good operating practices. If more stringent international, national or local regulations apply then they should take precedence. This Guide is a required publication on the SIRE Vessel Inspection Questionnaires for Oil Tankers, Combination Carriers, Shuttle Tankers, Chemical Tankers and Gas Tankers.
Reducing CO2 is Economic ‘No Brainer’ for Shipowners, ICS Tells UN Climate Change Conference
Today, at the United Nations (UNFCCC) Climate Change Conference in Warsaw (COP 19), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) will advise a United Nations event on the economics of mitigation that reducing CO2 emissions is an economic ‘no brainer’ for the global shipping industry. Further efforts by industry to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions from ships – which carry about 90% of global trade – is already a matter of enlightened self interest.
NYK Presents ICS with Scale Model in Honour of Chairmanship
The International Chamber of Shipping was last night honoured to be presented with a model of the award-winning NYK car carrier ‘Auriga Leader’ to mark the Chairmanship of Mr Masamichi Morooka.
Tripartite Meeting Support IMO’s Three Pillars of Sustainability
The Annual Tripartite meeting between shipowners, shipbuilders and classification societies was held in Tokyo on 17 and 18 October 2013. The meeting unanimously welcomed the IMO theme for 2013 of 'a sustainable maritime transport system' and its recognition of the three pillars of sustainability; environmental, social and economic.
Maritime Industry Responds to Typhoon in the Philippines
JOINT PRESS RELEASE OF MARITIME WELFARE ORGANISATIONS Shipowner groups, unions, and welfare organisations are pulling together in response to the devastating effects of Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines.
MEPC 66/4/.. – Air Pollution and Energy Efficiency – Establishing a Mandatory Global System for Monitoring and Reporting Fuel Consumption
Submission by ICS, Marine Environment Protection Committee, 66th Session, Agenda Item 4, November 2013.
ICS Questions France about CO2 Reporting Requirements for Ships
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global trade association for shipowners, has written to the French Government to raise concerns about a new requirement for foreign shipowners to provide information to their French customers about CO2 emissions, using a detailed methodology that has not been discussed internationally.
Foreign Shipowners Encourage China to Resolve VAT Problems
The Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Mr Masamichi Morooka, has written to the Chinese Minister of Finance, encouraging the Chinese Government to continue its efforts to find a solution to the problems created by the application of Value Added Tax (VAT), since 1 August, to the transport and logistics services provided by ‘Wholly Foreign Owned Shipping Companies’.