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Lawyers, Shipowners Join Forces to Promote Ratification of International Maritime Conventions

New Brochure highlights importance of FAL Convention The Comité Maritime International (CMI) - the international association for maritime lawyers - has joined forces with the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Shipping Federation (ISF) - which represent the operators of over 80% of the world merchant fleet - to promote those key international maritime Conventions which they believe are vital for governments to ratify and implement as soon as possible.As part of their joint campaign, ICS, ISF and CMI have published a new brochure, which their respective member national associations will be distributing to governments worldwide in order to encourage more widespread ratification of a number of instruments adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO)."Shipping is an inherently international industry dependent on a global regulatory system to operate efficiently." explained ICS/ISF Secretary General, Peter Hinchliffe. "It is crucial that the same regulations governing matters such as safety, environmental protection and liability apply to all ships in international trade, and that the same laws apply to all parts of a ship's voyage. The alternative would be chaos."CMI President, Stuart Hetherington, added "I am delighted that CMI is co-operating with ICS and ISF members ...

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IMO Sub- Committee on Ship Design and Environment Outcome

57th Session 18 - 22 March 2013 The IMO's Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE) held its 57th session from Monday 18 through Friday 22 March 2013 under the Chairmanship of Mrs A Jost (GERMANY). Three working groups (WG) and two drafting groups (DG) were formed:WG1 Development of a Mandatory Code for ships operating in Polar waters, chaired by Mrs J Stemre (NORWAY)WG2 Development of a new framework of requirement for life-saving appliances, chaired by Dr S Ota (JAPAN)WG3 Development of requirements for on-board lifting appliances and winches, chaired by Mr R Lakeman (NL)DG1 Provisions for reduction of noise from commercial shipping and its adverse impact on marine life, chaired by Mrs C Phillips (USA)DG2 Classification of offshore-industry vessels and consideration of the need for a non-mandatory code for offshore construction support vessels, chaired by Mr P Wilkins (UK)It should be noted that the sub-committee did not complete its large agenda, possibly an unintended consequence of IMO Council's recent cost-savings decision to decrease the limit of sub-committee interpreter sessions from 10 to 8 such that Plenary did not sit at all on Thursday 21 March. Member States (understandably), declined to meet without Interpretation, thus effectively wasting a day. However, ...

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