The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published its latest Annual Review of maritime policy and regulatory developments, in advance of its Annual General Meeting, which is being hosted by the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association in Oslo from 5-7 June.
For many years ICS and ISF have been conducting a global campaign to stress the vital necessity for governments to ratify and implement maritime Conventions adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and other United Nations bodies that impact on shipping. The Comité Maritime International (CMI) has now joined forces with ICS and ISF to assist those countries where there has been limited ratification of the major Conventions.
Submission by Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and ICS, Maritime Environment Protection Committee, 64th Session, Agenda Item 2, February 2013.
The International Maritime Organization, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF), the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO), the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO), the International Parcel Tankers Association (IPTA), and the International Shipping Federation (ISF), welcome the recent decrease in the number of attempted and successful attacks against ships by Somalia-based pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean.
Submission by International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, Intercargo, International Parcel Tankers Association (IPTA) and Intertanko, Maritime Safety Committee, 91st Session, Agenda Item 21, October 2012.
Submission by International Group of P & I Clubs (IG), Intercargo, ICS and BIMCO, Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers, 17th Session, Agenda Item 4, July 2012.