Tag: InterManager

Ship managers are urging the European Commission to follow the ‘polluter pays’ approach when finalizing legislation intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from shipping in European waters.

InterManager will work with the IMO, Flag States, and other maritime partners to ensure that lessons are learned from the many fatalities which have occurred in enclosed spaces and also, new legislation is workable and effective.

As World Maritime Day embraces the role of technology in helping shipping to achieve its green goals, ship manager association InterManager emphasises the importance of keeping seafarers in mind when implementing digital solutions and new ways of working at sea.

The IMO Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers held its 8th session, a hybrid one (CCC 8), at IMO HQ from Wednesday 14 through Friday 23 September 2022, and InterManager provides an overview of the meeting.

The IMO Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments held its 8 the session (III 8) remotely from Monday 25 through Friday 29 July. Overall,  the Sub-Committee receives and analyses port State control data and keeps under review the procedures for port State control.

BIMCO, FONASBA, IAPH, IFSMA, InterManager, INTERTANKO, IPTA and IUMI have published a climate change glossary to clarify and harmonise definitions and terminology to ensure that discussions around climate change and potential solutions for the shipping industry are based on a mutual understanding of what the commonly used terms mean.

Seafaring is a rewarding career which offers a lifetime of opportunities and can create strong friendships, but the shipping industry needs to embrace change and improve its safety record in order to fully support its people, says Captain Kuba Szymanski, Secretary General of InterManager.

As two more workers die in an enclosed space onboard a ship, InterManager has hit out at the shipping industry’s inadequate reporting of serious and fatal accidents.

InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew managers, is raising awareness of the fact that seafarers are dying needlessly in lifeboat accidents, when maritime legislation doesn’t require vessels to be manned during drills.

The IMO Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response held its 9th session (PPR 9) from 4 – 8 April 2022, and Intermanager presents the results of the meeting.