The ICS (International Chamber of Shipping), IMEC (International Maritime Employers' Council), and the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) have issued joint advice to members on Ebola following the ongoing outbreak in West Africa.
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has called for a harmonised approach to port state control (PSC) inspections ahead of the 1 January 2015 deadline to impose the 0.1% sulphur in IMO-stipulated emission control areas (ECAs).
A large group of maritime associations, led by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has put forward its latest recommendations to improve the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC).
A report by the Global Ocean Commission (GOC) calling for better environmental protection regulation “merits serious consideration” according to the ICS.
The shipping industry’s focus on reducing CO2 emissions is a matter of survival, according to ICS secretary general Peter Hinchliffe.
ICS has restated its position on both the imminent European Sulphur ECAs and the forthcoming IMO legislation on Ballast Water Management, warning that shipping still isn’t ready.