Tag: anti-corruption

The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) has received two-year project funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the "Doing Business with Integrity" initiative, part of USAID’s Countering Transnational Corruption Grand Challenge.

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) recently inaugurated an Anti – Corruption and Transparency Unit.

As the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) announced, with support from the Indian Government it will launch a Port Integrity campaign in India. The campaign aims to reduce and in the future eliminate integrity issues, as well as bottlenecks during trade operations.

The International Monetary Fund published a report resulting to the fact that curbing corruption could generate about $1 trillion (760.23 billion pounds) in tax revenues annually across the world. In addition to increasing government revenue, fighting corruption can also reduce waste and even help to lift test scores among public school students, while also improving overall public trust in the government.

As from April 2019, ships and ports will need to be able to exchange arrival and departure data electronically, under IMO’s Facilitation Convention. To facilitate compliance with this measure, training took place in Mauritania, from 20 to 22 of November. IMO’s Facilitation Convention requires electronic data exchange to be implemented by all FAL Convention ships and ports.

The 42nd session of IMO's Facilitation Committee took place from 5 to 8 June, focusing on work to the facilitation of international maritime traffic. Data standardisation, single window system, stowaways, maritime corruption were, inter alia, key items on this year's agenda.

At IMO’s FAL Committee, on 5-8 June, The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network submitted a paper to the IMO, that discusses the impact of corruption on society, how it acts as a trade barrier and how it hinders social economic growth. BIMCO backed the request to IMO and member states to take a stand against this type of crime.

Mr. John Sypnowich, MACN, explains how shipping industry has taken the lead on the fight against corruption towards sustainable trade. Mr. Sypnowich introduces the many initiatives under the MACN scheme highlighting that although there are numerous regions, countries and ports where corruption remains a major issue, the overall trend is positive, rather than worrying.

The video provides an insight into the work of MACN, a global business network fighting for a maritime industry free of corruption that enables fair trade to the benefit of society at large. Captains taking ships to ports often face demands for bribes or facilitation payments of cash, alcohol, cigarettes, under the threat of long delays or threats to their personal safety.

BIMCO has issued a set of explanatory notes for its Anti-Corruption Clause for Charter Parties which was recently launched. The notes are a useful reference for users providing a detailed explanation of the thinking behind each of the six sub-clauses and how they are intended to work in practice.