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IMO News Magazine 2012- issue 2

The Online Magazine of the International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization issues its online magazine, IMO News Magazine 2012 - issue 2, including a wide range of topics such as:- Offshore wind farm vessels- should existing IMO measures apply? - Titanic remembered by IMO Secretary-General - Liability limits for maritime claims raised - GMDSS revision plan finalised - E-navigation progress reviewedFor more information, click IMO-News-02-12-WEB_2pdfSource: IMO

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Thank seafarers on 2012 Day of the Seafarer

IMO campaign: It came by sea and I cant live without it On 25 June 2012, the international Day of the Seafarer, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is asking people around the world to use social networks to highlight just how important seafarers are to everyone on the planet, as they transport, all over the world, the vital items, commodities and components on which we all rely in our daily lives.In a message to mark the occasion, IMO Secretary-General Mr. Koji Sekimizu said, "On the Day of the Seafarer, let us pay tribute to the world's 1.5 million seafarers for the unique and all-too-often overlooked contribution they make to the well-being of all of us. Let us take the opportunity to remember all those things that came by sea and which we could not live without. And, most importantly, let all of us make this the occasion on which we say 'Thank you, seafarers'."IMO is urging everyone to tell the world, through their social media connections, about an object in their daily life that they cannot live without, and which came by sea; and to take a photo, write a description, record a song, make a film - and then ...

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Day of the Seafarer 2012

IMO campaign: It came by sea and I cant live without it IMO supports the second international Day of the Seafarer, today, on 25 June through social media and a campaign as follows:Imagine an item that you simply couldn't live without. Maybe it's your music player, or a pen, or your computer, something you use every day in your work, a piece of medical equipment or just your favourite toy. Now stop and think: did that item, or any part of that item, or any of the materials from which that item has been made, come by sea? The chances are, the answer is "yes".25 June 2012 marks the second international Day of the Seafarer. On that day, IMO is asking people around the world to use social networks to highlight just how important seafarers are to everyone on the planet, as they transport all over the world those vital items, commodities and components which are so vital to all our daily lives.So, on 25 June 2012, the Day of the seafarer, we ask you to tell the world, through your social media connections, about an object in your daily life that you can't live without, and which came by ...

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IMO to develop guidelines for private security companies

During MSC 16-25 May 2012 The IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), at its ninetieth session (16 to 25 May 2012) agreed to develop guidance for private maritime security companies. The MSC guidance is intended to complement existing guidance, and further assist policy development at national level with the aim of facilitating greater harmonisation of policies at an international level regarding the issue of private armed security on board ships.The existing Interim Guidance, which is for private maritime security companies providing privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships in the High Risk Area, was just recently released by IMO and is set out in the annex of MSC.1/Circ.1443.This Interim Guidance should be read in conjunction with the recently updated Revised Interim Guidance set out in MSC.1/Circ.1405/Rev.2 as Revised interim guidance to shipowners, ship operators and shipmasters on the use of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships in the High Risk Area.Consequential amendments will also be made to Circulars 1406 and 1408. These will be available and will be titled as follows: MSC.1/Circ.1406/Rev.2 Revised interim recommendations for flag states regarding the use of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships in the High Risk Area; and MSC.1/Circ.1408/Rev.1 on ...

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Sharp focus on less administrative inconvenience for the shipping industry

IMO Council holds its course This year's first session of the IMO Council established a steering group to reduce administrative burdens.A steering group with a wide range of participants is to push forward the process, inter alia through consultations with all relevant stakeholders. Against this background, the steering group is to present a number of recommendations indicating what administrative regulations can be left out and how to otherwise reduce the paper work.Denmark has worked persistently to place administrative burdens on the international agenda. Denmark holds the view that administrative burdens put strains on seafarers and shipowners to an unnecessary extent. Therefore, Denmark presented an inventory at the Council meeting that identifies all the documentation and information requirements stipulated in current mandatory IMO instruments. The inventory has been made in cooperation with the WMU. The Council thanked Denmark for the inventory and recognized that it is a considerable contribution to the future work making IMO's regulations simpler.Denmark also took the opportunity to present the preliminary results of two studies of seafarers' and shipowners' experience with the administrative burdens imposed on the industry. The Danish Maritime Authority has made the studies in cooperation with the consulting firm COWI.At the Council meeting, the ...

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Sub-Committee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW)

43rd session, 30 April - 4 May 2012 Guidance and model courses for implementation of 2010 Manila amendments to STCW agreedGuidance and model courses relating to the implementation of the Manila Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, and the Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code, (which were adopted in Manila, the Philippines, in June 2010 and entered into force on 1 January 2012) were agreed by the Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW), when it met for its 43rd session.Revised Guidelines for Medical Examination approvedThe Sub-Committee endorsed the revised Guidelines for Medical Examination of Seafarers, which were developed jointly by IMO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to implement the international standards for medical fitness for seafarers set out in the STCW Convention, as amended, and the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006, in order to promote and support their effective, uniform, globalimplementation.The revised Guidelines for Medical Examination of Seafarers will be submitted for approval to the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) and the ILO Governing Body andwill replace the Guidelines for Conducting Pre-sea and Periodic Medical Fitness Examinations for Seafarers, published by the ILO and the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

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Maritime Industry Asks IMO to Require the Weighing of Containers

IMO receives formal proposal The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has received a formal proposal co-sponsored by a broad array of industry organizations, labor, and governments to require loaded containers to be weighed to determine their actual weight.The proposal was submitted by Denmark, The Netherlands, the United States, BIMCO, the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), and the World Shipping Council (WSC). The IMO's Subcommittee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers will consider the proposal at its next meeting in September."Misdeclared container weights are a recurring safety problem on shore, on ships, and on roadways. It is time to fix that problem. We are pleased that there is such a broad cross-section of industry and government agreement on a specific and effective remedy," said Torben Skaanild, Secretary General of BIMCO."The cosponsors of this proposal are recommending a legal requirement that port terminal operators and ships must have a verified container weight in order to export a loaded container. This will protect workers in the port, on the ship, and other cargo owners against the various risks created by misdeclared containers," said Peter Hinchliffe, Secretary General of ICS."The ...

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Sustainable Development: IMO’s contribution beyond Rio+20

Selected as World Maritime Day theme for 2013 The IMO Council has endorsed a proposal by IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu to adopt "Sustainable Development: IMO's contribution beyond Rio+20" as the World Maritime Day theme for 2013.The theme was chosen in order to focus IMO's efforts during 2013 on the commitments to be made at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, better known as Rio+20, to be held from 20 to 22 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Addressing the IMO Council, meeting for its 108th session in London, Mr. Sekimizu said that IMO would renew its commitment to sustainable maritime development at Rio+20."Twenty years ago, the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio adopted the so-called 'Agenda 21', which included a set of recommendations related to shipping and the role of IMO. IMO's response to Agenda 21 has, over the years, been both multifaceted and robust," Mr. Sekimizu said."The two main themes of Rio+20 are the creation of a 'green economy' and a new institutional framework for sustainable development. Key elements of sustainable shipping include energy efficiency, new technology and innovation, maritime education and training, maritime security, maritime traffic management and the development of maritime infrastructure in both ...

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