View all Ships inspections and Port State control 26 November 2014 Safety Ships inspections and Port State control
IMO-meeting was not a missed opportunity 21 May 2019 What the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and the working group accomplished last week, was to finalise and agree on a set of procedures for assessment of impact on states from the proposed short-term measures. An important stop block has thus been removed which paves the way for advancement of individual proposals. The meeting didn’t postpone anything. News story Priority news Environment protection 2020 sulphur cap
BIMCO launches practical guide to support BWM Convention entry into force 26 September 2017 BIMCO has launched a practical guide for shipmasters managing new ballast water management systems. It coincides with the entry into force of the IMO's Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention. Press release Priority news Ballast water management
Updates to BIMCO and Paris MoU’s inspection guide 23 October 2018 BIMCO and the participating administration of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding of Port State Control (Paris MoU) have updated the pamphlet “The Inspection Regime on Paris MoU”. Priority news News story Safety Ships inspections and Port State control
AMSA Marine Notice 7/2017 Guidance on ECDIS for ships calling at Australian ports 26 July 2017 The AMSA Marine Notice 7/2017 addresses the following areas; Software quality assurance, Anomalies, ECDIS data presentation and performance check dataset, Chart carriage requirements, Mode of ECDIS operation, ECDIS training requirements and Port state control inspections. News story Advice Safety Navigation Ships inspections and Port State control Australia
Enhanced guidance to PSC officers prepared by IMO HTW 4 03 February 2017 The 4th session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (HTW 4) ended 3 February 2017 in London. News story Crew support Ships inspections and Port State control Safety
Maritime authorities kick off a concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on air pollution 20 August 2018 The Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control starts a inspection campaign on MARPOL Annex VI (Air pollution) from 1 Sept to 30 Nov 2018 – Checklist and Guidance provided. News story Safety Environment protection Emission to air Ports
US regulations affecting your ships - get the July update! 04 August 2017 This is the latest in a series of reports supplied by the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) with the intention of keeping BIMCO members appraised of legislative developments in the US affecting international shipping. BIMCO highlights only the relevant developments that would impact members. The full CSA July report is also provided. News story Environment protection Navigation Safety Ballast water management Security Ports USA
