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IMO announced that its technical cooperation activities have received a boost of $1.0 million by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The funds will be allocated to activities like training and supporting women in the maritime sector, combating piracy and other illicit activities that threaten the safety of navigation.

MAJ Legal Officer graduates with distinction

112th Session, 16-19 June 2014 The IMO Council held its 112th Session (C112) from Monday 16 through Thursday 19 June 2014 under the Chairmanship of Mr J Lantz (USA) and his Vice Chair, Dr D Ntuli (SOUTH AFRICA). It will be recalled that the IMO Assembly (of all its 170 Member States) met at the end of last year and elected 40 of its constituent Member States to effectively act as its executive body until it assembles again in the customary 4 year cycle. The meeting was thus a first for the newly elected Council and much of what was discussed centred around the governance and good practices of the IMO under its Secretary-General, Mr Koji Sekimizu. Such minute detail will be of lesser interest to InterManager members but this short report seeks to highlight those areas which impinge more directly on our business, in particular, recommendations made by the various Committees to the Council.Strategy, Planning and ReformThe Risk Management Framework proposed by Germany, will only be applied to the Secretariat's Business Plan until such time as the Council agrees to revisit the issue. A fundamental review of the Strategic Plan will be conducted by an external consultant as proposed ...

Session 101, fform 28 April to 2 May, 2014 The IMO's Legal Committee held its 101st session from Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May 2014 under the Chairmanship of Dr Kofi Mbiah (GHANA) and his Vice-Chair, Mr Walter de Sá Leitão (BRAZIL). Both were subsequently re-elected for 2015.SEWOLIn his opening address, the Secretary-General expressed sympathy at the considerable loss of lives caused by the tragic accident of the ferry SEWOL which sank off the coast of the Republic of Korea on 16 April 2014. Deep condolences were paid to the delegation of the Republic of Korea and the bereaved families following which a one-minute silence was observed.FACILITATION OF THE ENTRY INTO FORCE AND HARMONISED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HNS CONVENTION, 2010The Committee considered that the 2010 HNS Convention should be applied uniformly and that the 'Guidelines on reporting of HNS contributing cargo', endorsed at its previous session, would assist this process. Facilitation of the entry into force and harmonised interpretation of the Convention will be included in the biennial agenda 2014-2015.Introducing document LEG 101/3, CANADA, one of six co-sponsors, reported developments since the Committee last met on efforts to bring the Convention into force; this included the holding of an ...

IMO International Maritime Law Institute - introduction video

IMO achievements in maritime liability, compensation and other legal issues