IMO season for IBIA
The first half of 2023 has been dominated by IMO-related work in preparation for key meetings dealin… Read more…
IBIA achieved NGO consultative status with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2005. This gives IBIA the right to attend IMO meetings to represent our industry’s interests and provide relevant expertise to IMO’s work and deliberations.
We continuously scrutinise IMO proceedings on all matters affecting our members to ensure that the interests of the bunker industry are heard. IBIA is active at the IMO through written submissions, interventions from the floor and participation in working groups during IMO meetings. We also take part in IMO Correspondence Groups to progress work on agenda items between meetings.
IBIA keeps an eye on a broad range of IMO issues and attends several meetings every year. The Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) and the Maritime Safety Committee are the main meetings that deal with subjects of relevance to the bunkering industry. We also attend a number of IMO sub-committee meetings, in particular PPR (Pollution Prevention and Response), to monitor and provide input to developments of relevance to IBIA members.
The first half of 2023 has been dominated by IMO-related work in preparation for key meetings dealin… Read more…
IBIA has submitted several proposals to the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) in a bid to improve unde… Read more…
IBIA is pleased to report that an IMO sub-committee, which will report to MEPC 80, has agreed that b… Read more…
IBIA showed delegates at the 10th session of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and R… Read more…
The IMO has been wrangling for over a decade with how to reduce the impact on the Arctic from emissi… Read more…
A ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) as fuel by ships in Arctic waters is due to ta… Read more…
Proposals to amend the IMO’s 2019 Guidelines for On Board Sampling for the Verification of the Sul… Read more…
Final decisions still unknown, but consensus forming on key elements ahead of MEPC 80 Negotiations c… Read more…
GHG dominated the agenda as expected. IBIA focused efforts on a range of practical industry matters…. Read more…
Two documents on bunker licensing were discussed at the 79th session of the Marine Environment Prote… Read more…