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"Sustainable development" is the buzzword for the future of the shipping industry, according to Mr Koji Sekimizu, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).Mr Sekimizu, who is in town for the Singapore Maritime Week, spoke to Channel NewsAsia on the challenges and opportunities for the global shipping industry.Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.The definition is according to the World Commission on Environment and Development's (the Brundtland Commission) report, "Our Common Future".Some 90 per cent of global trade is carried by sea.World seaborne trade figures bounced back from the financial crisis in 2009 and grew almost seven per cent to 8.4 billion tons in 2010.This mode of transport remains critical to the continued growth of the world economy.But the shipping industry needs to embrace new technology to ensure its sustainability for the future.Mr Sekimizu said: "There are a number of potential risks involved that may hinder the development."One of them is regional action to be taken. The shipping industry is really an international industry that needs to be supported by global standard."That's why international shipping industry is always promoting the value of global standard."When ...

Mr. Koji Sekimizu of Japan is the newSecretary-General from 1 January 2012 After taking office on 1 January 2012, the IMO Secretary-General Mr. Koji Sekimizu today announced a number of changes in the structure of the IMO Secretariat.Mr. Sekimizu said: "The biggest challenge I see in the coming years, in terms of management of the Organization, is how to improve the 'delivery mechanism' in the Secretariat to address the demanding issues we face, such as anti-piracy measures, the introduction of the mandatory Member State Audit Scheme and our ever-increasing workload. To address this will require effective human resource deployment and redeployment, the creation of new ways of handling our work and improvements to our working methods. It will also require close co-operation between the Secretariat and Member Governments."In order to meet the future challenges, Mr. Sekimizu transferred Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Andrew Winbow, from the Administrative Division to the Maritime Safety Division, as its Director. Mr. Sekimizu further transferred Mr. Jo Espinoza-Ferrey from the Marine Environment Division to head the Administrative Division as its Director, and consequentially promoted Mr. Stefan Micallef to the post of Director of the Marine Environment Division.To ensure that the Organization makes further progress dealing with piracy, ...