IMO Assembly adopts vision, revised mission and strategic directions
The IMO Assembly has adopted the new Strategic Plan for the six-year period 2018-2023 developed by t… 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 IMO Assembly has adopted the new Strategic Plan for the six-year period 2018-2023 developed by t… Read more…
Iceland’s ratification of MARPOL Annex VI has increased the total number of contracting States to … Read more…
In the past week there have been a number of misleading headlines and articles incorrectly attributi… Read more…
From 2020, a ship will have no legitimate reason to bunker fuel with more than 0.50% sulphur unless … Read more…
There’s not enough time to produce a new fully revised ISO 8217 standard before 2020, but it is po… Read more…
IBIA attended the 4th session of the Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 4) to … Read more…
There is no doubt about the start date for the 0.50% marine fuel sulphur limit in MARPOL Annex VI, b… Read more…
Every refinery could be making product blends with different characteristics to meet the 0.50% sulph… Read more…
The base case figure for projected uptake of exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), or scrubbers, in t… Read more…
Providing the global shipping industry with compliant fuels in 2020 is a challenge that should not b… Read more…