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IMO News Magazine 2013- issue 1

IMO achievements in maritime liability, compensation and other legal issues

ICS and ITF hope that governments will give consideration at next IMO MSC Shipowners and seafarers' unions have joined forces to express concern at flag states' failure to submit maritime casualty reports as required under international Conventions.The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents 80% of the world merchant fleet, and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), which represents seafarers' unions worldwide, have made a joint submission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) commenting on the apparent failure of some flag states to submit maritime casualty reports to IMO. This is a requirement under several international maritime Conventions, including the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS).ICS and ITF hope that governments will give consideration to this important issue at the next meeting of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee in June.In accordance with SOLAS regulation I/21, maritime administrations undertake to conduct investigations into any casualty occurring to ships under their flag, and to supply IMO with pertinent information concerning the findings of such investigations.In accordance with other Guidelines adopted by IMO, this is meant to include incidents defined as being a "very serious marine casualty" involving the total loss of the ship, a death, or severe damage to the environment."The ...

IMO Legal Committee 100th session, 15 to 19 April 2013 Draft guidelines on the preservation and collection of evidence following an allegation of a serious crime having taken place on board a ship, or following a report of a missing person from a ship, and on pastoral and medical care of victims were approved by the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), when it met for its 100th session.The draft guidelines, which focus on what can practically be carried out on board a ship to preserve and/or collect evidence and protect persons affected by serious crimes, until such time that the relevant law enforcement authorities commence an investigation, will now be submitted to the IMO Assembly 28th session, in November 2013, along with an associated draft resolution, for consideration with a view to adoption.The primary purpose of the draft guidelines is to assist masters in the preservation of evidence and in the pastoral and medical care of persons affected and, when appropriate, in the collection of evidence, during the period between the report or discovery of a possible serious crime and the time when law enforcement authorities or other professional crime scene investigators take action.The draft guidelines further ...

Women at the Helm Film Launched at Maritime Women Conference

MOL Completes Installation of Ballast Water Treatment System

Protection of the Arctic environment high on the IMO agenda

New Navigation Technology to Show at Upcoming Nor Shipping

IMO 38th session, 8-12 April 2013 The IMO's Facilitation Committee (FAL) held its 38th session from Monday 8 through Friday 12 April 2013 under the newly elected Chairmanship of Mr Y Melanas (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) and Vice Chairman, Mrs M Angsell (SWEDEN). Both were subsequently re-elected for 2014.Three working groups (WG) and one drafting group (DG) were formed and chaired as follows:WG1 General review of the Convention including harmonisation of other international instruments, chaired by Mrs Maria Angsell (SWEDEN)WG2 E-business possibilities for the facilitation of maritime traffic, chaired by Mr Roger Butterini (USA)WG3 Ensuring security in and facilitation international trade, chaired by Mr Phil White (UK)DG1 Modifications to the revised IMO Compendium on Facilitation and E-Business, chaired by Mr K Itoh (JAPAN)The Committee covered its agenda fairly comfortably in four days, Thursday 11 April being one on which Plenary did not sit as the interpreters were budgeted out. Salient points from the meeting of most interest to InterManager members are as follows :CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTIONNo amendments to the Annex to the Convention were proposed for consideration or formal adoption at this session, although a number of related issues were discussed, in particular, that of the ...

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