Tag: ICS

ICS along with the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) published the guide "Shipping Industry Guidance on Pilot Transfer Arrangements", updating maritime pilot transfer safety procedures amid industry concerns about poorly rigged ladders causing severe injuries or fatalities. 

ICS published new guidance to address legal, liability and insurance issues that could potentially arise for shipowners from or in connection with vaccinations of crew for COVID-19.

Shipowners, seafarers’ unions and maritime employer groups are establishing their own approved international network of quarantine facilities to ensure seafarers can safely join ships, despite unpredictable changes to government border policies. 

WHO and ILO will form an Action Group “as a matter of urgency” with major transport bodies to ensure freedom of movement for transport workers. 

World leaders’ reactions to the Omicron variant are putting transport workers and the global supply chain at greater risk of collapse, warn international transport organisations and unions representing road, air and sea transport.

ICS called for maritime transport to be prioritised in multilateral trade negotiations ahead of high-level WTO meetings to take place this week.

After the conclusion of the IMO's MEPC 77, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) expressed its disappointment "that the words and commitments made by governments at COP26 have not yet been translated into action."

One week after COP26, 174 governments will meet this week at the IMO in London to address the pressing carbon emission reduction challenges facing international shipping.

In a landmark moment for maritime workers the formation of a Just Transition Maritime Task Force has been agreed to drive decarbonisation of the industry and support millions of seafarers through shipping’s green transition. 

Deputy Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, the Secretary General of IMO and the Secretary General of ICS met to discuss funding options for the proposed ‘IMO Maritime Research Fund’ (IMRF).