Tag: Intercargo

On the Day of the Seafarer 2022, INTERCARGO thanks seafarers who have served selflessly during the pandemic, and those are still caught up amid the disruptions caused by the situation in Ukraine.

It would be a mistake to place responsibility for meeting IMO’s zero emission shipping targets fully on the shoulders of the shipping industry, warns INTERCARGO.

The shipping industry is facing its own version of ‘long COVID’ says INTERCARGO, following warnings received from members.

INTERCARGO published its Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2012-2021, reporting that 27 bulk carriers of over 10,000 dwt were declared as total losses for the years 2012-2021.

INTERCARGO has launched the thirteenth edition of its Benchmarking Report, providing a real time insight into safety standards in the dry bulk sector.

INTERCARGO members, Executive Committee and Technical Committee met at the Association’s spring semi-annual events, to analyze the pressing issues that maritime faces today, such as the war in Ukraine, COVID-19, ESG and emissions.

INTERCARGO is calling on the International Maritime Organization (IMO), member states and governments to engage effectively with the involved countries and local authorities to ensure safe passage out of danger for ships and their crews.

The recent proposal by MEP Peter Liese to update the EU emissions trading system (ETS) draft directive and support the ‘polluter pays’ principle is cautiously welcomed by INTERCARGO.

Shipowners can deliver the target of net-zero emission shipping by 2050, but only with an acceleration in the commercial development of technologies, fuels, propulsion systems and related infrastructure, INTERGARGO warns.

During INTERCARGO’s Annual General Meeting, top of the agenda was the need to urgently resolve the humanitarian crisis faced by seafarers under COVID-19.