International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Publications is proud to announce the release of the sixth edition of the ICS Guide to Helicopter/Ship Operations, an essential resource that has been setting the standard for safe and efficient helicopter/ship interactions for almost 50 years.
This new and improved edition has been reorganised to make it more user-friendly for crew to find relevant information quickly, and adds new ready-to-use content including:
- An enhanced shipboard safety checklist for helicopter operations, with tasks presented in chronological order
- A new risk assessment for landing and winching
- An aide memoire for the responsible officer
- An example toolbox talk for before a helicopter operation
- Further clarifications on roles and responsibilities; and
- Updated terminology.
This guide can be used by ships’ masters, officers and crew, and is also useful reading for helicopter operators and marine pilots. The sixth edition can also now be used alongside the e-learning course Helicopter Operation Procedures for Ships, available from the ICS Academy, giving crew access to on board procedures and training that work together seamlessly.
9 January 2025, London: To achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping by 2050, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has joined 47 governments in a joint submission to the final round of negotiations at the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) to adopt a maritime greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions pricing mechanism for international shipping.
Agenda: FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASKET OF CANDIDATE MID-TERM GHG REDUCTION MEASURE(S), USING ANNEX 1 TO DOCUMENT MEPC 82/WP.9 AS THE BASIS. Submitted by Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Montenegro, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Nigeria, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sweden, Seychelles, Tonga, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Vanuatu, the European Commission, ICS […]
Agenda: FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASKET OF CANDIDATE MID-TERM GHG REDUCTION MEASURE(S), USING ANNEX 1 TO DOCUMENT MEPC 82/WP.9 AS THE BASIS. Submitted by Belize, Fiji, Jamaica, Marshall Islands, Palau, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and ICS
Agenda: FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASKET OF CANDIDATE MID-TERM GHG REDUCTION MEASURE(S), USING ANNEX 1 TO DOCUMENT MEPC 82/WP.9 AS THE BASIS. Submitted by Brazil, Japan, Singapore, ICS, IPIECA, RINA, IBIA , WSC, SGMF and MI.
Agenda: FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASKET OF CANDIDATE MID-TERM GHG REDUCTION MEASURE(S), USING ANNEX 1 TO DOCUMENT MEPC 82/WP.9 AS THE BASIS. Submitted by ICS
At a special meeting of the board, held on-line, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have unanimously appointed Thomas A. Kazakos as its next Secretary General. Kazakos will replace Guy Platten who will be stepping down in June 2025. Kazakos has been the Director General of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, the representative National-Member Association of Cyprus at ICS, since 1995.