NCSR 3/18 – Industry guidance on large-scale rescue operations at sea
Submitted by ICS, Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue, 3rd Session, Agenda Item 18, November 2015.
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HTW 3/10/1 – Proposals for STCW passenger ship-specific safety training
Submitted by ICS and Interferry, Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping, 3rd Session, Agenda Item 10, October 2015.
Vigilance Still Crucial As Piracy High Risk Area in the Indian Ocean Reduced
Organisations representing the global shipping and oil industry have announced that the size of the ‘High Risk Area’ for piracy in the Indian Ocean has been reduced and issued new advice to merchant ship operators.
Shipping Industry Updates Guidance on Large Scale Migrant Rescue as Mediterranean Crisis Continues
The global shipping industry, represented by a wide cross section of international shipowners' associations and seafarers' unions, has collectively updated the industry's Guidelines on Large Scale Rescue Operations at Sea.
Saftey//High-Profile Line Up in Place for ICS Conference in September
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has announced an exciting final programme for this year’s ICS International Shipping Conference which features high-profile speakers from across the global industry.
ICS Annual General Meeting in Rotterdam
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the principal global trade association for merchant ship operators, held its Annual General Meeting in Rotterdam last week, at the kind invitation of the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners.
ICS Launches Annual Review 2015
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published its latest Annual Review of maritime policy developments in advance of its Annual General Meeting and to coincide with this week’s meeting of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee.
The Standard Club And ICS Launch New Hazard Awareness Competition For Seafarers
With USD$10,000 of prize money, the competition has been designed to help those working at sea identify hazards and to promote the critical importance of accident prevention.
EU Mediterranean Crisis Summit ‘Appears to Fall Short’, Says Merchant Shipping Industry
The merchant shipping industry – which in the past 16 months participated in almost 1,000 migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean – welcomes the decision by EU leaders to triple resources of the Triton operation. The shipping sector similarly supports the commitment of EU Member States to deploy additional operational means, including vessels and planes, to achieve this objective at relatively short notice. But the fact that operation Triton remains within the mandate of FRONTEX, the EU border agency, raises serious questions about the extent to which these efforts will fully ensure the immediate prevention of further loss of life, which should be the absolute priority.
Shipping Industry Calls on EU Leaders to be Decisive and Immediately Increase Mediterranean Search and Rescue Resources
In advance of the emergency EU Council Summit tomorrow (Thursday 23 April) to address the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, the European and global shipping industries insist that the urgent priority is for EU Member States to immediately launch a proper EU Search and Rescue operation with sufficient resources to prevent the further loss of thousands more lives.