Tag: Intercargo

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.

Major shipping groups, including BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO, and OCIMF, announced an upcoming reduction of geographic boundaries of the ‘High Risk Area’ for piracy in the Indian Ocean, which will apply from 1 September 2021, as a consequence of a continued downward trend in Somali piracy. 

INTERCARGO acknowledges the technical and operational measures adopted at MEPC 76, but warns that there can be no compromise when it comes to safety.

INTERCARGO encourages bulk carriers in ports around the world to sound their horns at 12 noon local time on 25 June.

BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO are calling the shipping industry to share its experiences with marine fuels in a new survey.