Security level at ISPS compliant Indian Ports
All Indian major/ non major ports and shipyards have been maintaining Security level 2 since 29th November 2006. Since it is not feasible to maintain security level 2 for such prolonged periods, the Directorate had advised all ports to hold a port [...]
Reporting alleged inadequacy of ports reception facilities.
This circular is to advise ship-owners/managers operators of the format for reporting (MEPC/Circ.469 Rev. I 13th July, 2007 copy enclosed) inadequate waste reception facilities in ports with reference to ship generated oily waste, [...]
Shipping world in piracy crisis call to IMO and UN
The shipping world today made a crisis call to the (London-based) United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the United Nations (in New York) requesting real and immediate action against brazen acts of piracy, kidnapping and armed robbery, carried out with increasing frequency against ships in the Gulf of Aden, by pirates based in Somalia.
The [...]
IMO aims to extend UN resolution on piracy in Gulf of Aden
The International Maritime Organization has asked for the extension of United Nations resolution 1816, which aims to tackle the upsurge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden, a spokeswoman for the organization told Platts on Friday.
“The Secretary General [of the IMO] has written to the UN Secretary General asking for extension of the mandate of [...]
Single-hull oil tankers not welcome in UAE after 2010
Single-hull tankers will not be allowed to trade in the UAE after 2010 despite indications by some Asian countries that they will welcome the tankers beyond the international phase-out deadline.
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations agency responsible for improving maritime safety and preventing pollution from ships, says all vessels more than 20 years [...]
Cook Islands Enters IMO.
As per an instrument of acceptance of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, as amended, with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 18 July 2008, the Cook Islands became the latest Member of IMO. This entry has taken the total number of member states of the IMO to 168, along with three additional [...]
IMO agrees improved shipbuilding standards
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has approved of improved shipbuilding standards aimed at passenger and cargoships.
The new construction rules, designed to increase a vessel’s chance of surviving an accident, were agreed at the IMO’s committee on stability and load lines headed by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa).
They will come into force following final approval in [...]
Type Approval of Life Saving Appliances (LSA)
It has been brought to the notice of this Directorate that the Surveyors of the Mercantile Marine Department while conducting Safety Equipment Surveys during the first entry survey on registration of a vessel under the Indian [...]
