Tag: IMO

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, in a meeting with IMO Secretary General, Arsenio Dominguez, highlighted the impact of Houthi attacks, noting that these incidents have hurt Egypt's economy and led to Suez Canal revenue losses estimated at $6 billion.

A new IMO e-learning course has been launched to support all stakeholders in the maritime supply chain to address wildlife trafficking by ship. 

An needs assessment mission in Guinea will assist the Member State in the preparatory stages of setting up a maritime single window system. 

T&E released their briefing on IMO and‭ sustainable‬‭ fuels criteria‬ focusing on the production of electrolytic hydrogen-derived fuels. 

Four pilot projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in ports in Africa and the Caribbean are ready for implementation, following their selection under the IMO CARES Global Technology Challenge. 

The workshop held in Havana aimed to equip officials with the skills needed to implement IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General, Arsenio Dominguez, confirmed that nuclear propulsion is being actively considered as a future marine fuel solution within the organisation's Marine Environmental Protection Committee's (MEPC) processes.

Issued as MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.18 on 11 July 2024, the IMO has revised the fuel oil sampling guidelines for verifying compliance with MARPOL Annex VI and SOLAS Chapter II-2. 

The International Maritime Organization has honored five US Coast Guard (USCG) responders and four good Samaritans with Honours for Exceptional Bravery At Sea at a ceremony held on 18 October, 2024, at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku, Hawaii.

The IMO has informed that it is currently conducting a feasibility study to explore whether Ukraine can accede to the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation 1990 (OPRC). This Convention provides the legal framework for international cooperation to address major oil pollution incidents.