Agenda: AMENDMENTS TO PARAGRAPH 4.4.7.6.17 OF THE LSA CODE CONCERNING SINGLE
FALL AND HOOK SYSTEMS WITH ON-LOAD RELEASE CAPABILITY
Submitted by: Marshall Islands, New Zealand, ICS, BIMCO, IACS, IFSMA, INTERCARGO, IMarEST, InterManager, IPTA, RINA, IBIA and the Nautical Institute
On the eve of the implementation of the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) Global Sulphur Cap – which requires most of the world’s commercial shipping to use fuels with a sulphur content of 0.5 percent or less, Guy Platten, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has issued a message to the shipping industry and its regulators.
The global maritime transport industry has submitted a proposal to form the world’s first collaborative shipping R&D programme to help eliminate CO2 emissions from international shipping.
Agenda: DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES TO REDUCE RISKS OF USE AND CARRIAGE OF
HEAVY FUEL OIL AS FUEL BY SHIPS IN ARCTIC WATERS
Submitted by ICS, P & I Clubs and ITOPF
The International Safety Management (ISM) Code is a key mandatory requirement for merchant ships, critical to the improvement of maritime safety and environmental performance.
Today at COP 25, the UN Climate Change Conference, in Madrid, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), and the Spanish Shipowners’ Association (ANAVE) organised an event dedicated to the decarbonisation of shipping.