IBIA and ISO contribute to IMO discussions on Black Carbon control measures
The IMO has been wrangling for over a decade with how to reduce the impact on the Arctic from emissi… 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 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…
The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee has adopted an amendment to appendix V of MARPOL… Read more…
As the IMO focuses on ways to reduce GHG emissions, existing regulations have come under scrutiny fo… Read more…
New ECA and BDN requirements, discussions on GHG, biofuels, black carbon and EGCS are on the agenda … Read more…
IBIA and BIMCO have shared the results of our survey on bunker licensing and mass flow metering syst… Read more…