‘Pragmatic approach’ by port State inspection authorities during COVID-19 pandemic
Port State control (PSC) regimes have advised that inspection practices have been adjusted in respon… 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.
Port State control (PSC) regimes have advised that inspection practices have been adjusted in respon… Read more…
Several IMO meetings IBIA planned to take part in have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read more…
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set up a public page containing a whole host of ad… Read more…
IBIA made a statement during the February session of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Preventi… Read more…
The statement below was made by the represenative for the International Organization of Standardizat… Read more…
The statement below was made by IBIA’s Director and represenative to the IMO, Unni Einemo, at the … Read more…
Delegates to an IMO meeting in mid-February were greeted by demonstrators outside calling for a ban … Read more…
As the IMO is working on a harmonised approach to the sensitive subject of restricting discharge wat… Read more…
Revised IMO guidelines for the approval and certification of exhaust gas cleaning systems, or scrubb… Read more…
A scope has been drafted for factors to consider when assessing the discharges from exhaust gas clea… Read more…