Non-Governmental Organizations which have been
granted Consultative Status with IMO

Name and address

Telephone/facsimile/
e-mail/Web

Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS)
11 Dartmouth Street
London SW1H 9BN
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44 (0)207 799 3033
Fax:  +44(0)207 799 2933
Email: info@acops.org
Web:  www.acops.org

BIMCO
Bagsvaerdvej 161
DK-2880 Bagsvaerd
Denmark
Tel:  +45 44 36 6800
Fax:  +45 44 36 6868
Email:  mailbox@bimco.dk
Web:  www.bimco.org
European Federation of Insurance Intermediaries (BIPAR)
c/o London and International Insurance Brokers' Association
2nd floor
78 Leadenhall Street
London EC3A 3DH
United Kingdom

Head office:
Avenue Albert-Elizabeth 40
B-1200 Brussels
Belgium

Tel: +44 (0)207 280 0156
Fax: +44(0)207 280 0150
Web: www.liiba.co.uk

Tel:  +32 2 735 6048
Fax: +32 2 732 14 18
Emailbipar@skynet.be

European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
Avenue E. Van Nieuwenhuyse 4
B-1160 Brussels
Belgium

Tel:  +32 2 676 7201
Fax:  +32 2 676 7310
Email: apy@cefic.be
Web: www.cefic.org

Community of European Shipyards' Associations (CESA)
Rue Marie de Bourgogne 52-54, 3rd floor
B-1000 Brussels
Belgium

Tel:  +32 2 230 2791
Fax:  +32 2 230 4332
Email:info@cesa.eu
Website: www.cesa.eu

Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM)
Southbank House
Black Prince Road
London SE1 7SJ
United Kingdom 

Tel:  +44(0)207 587 1245
Fax:  +44(0)207 587 1436
Email:  secgen@cirm.org
Web:  www.cirm.org

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)

910 SE 17th Street
Suite 400
Fort Lauderdale
FL 33316
USA

Tel: +1 754 224 2200
Fax: +1 754 224 2251
Email:info@cruising.org
Web: www.cruising.org

Comité Maritime International (CMI)
c/o SCP Villeneau, Rohart & Simon Associates
15 Place du Général Catroux
F-75017 Paris
France

Tel:  +32 3 227 3526
Fax:  +32 3 227 3528
Web: www.comitemaritime.org

Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC)
Mundo-B Building
26 Rue d’Edimourg
B-1050 – Brussels
Belgium

Tel: +32 2 893 0841
Fax: +32 2 893 0842
Email: info@cleanshipping.org
Web: www.cleanshipping.org

Dangerous Goods Advisory Council (DGAC) 1100 H Street NW
Suite 740
Washington, DC 20005
United States of America

Tel: +1 202 289 45 50
Fax: +1 202 289 40 74
Email: info@dgac.org
Web: www.dgac.org

The European Association of Internal Combustion Engine Manufacturers (EUROMOT)
Lyoner Strasse 18
60528 Frankfurt
Germany

Tel:  +49 69 6603 1354
Fax:  +49 69 6603 2354
Email:  euromot@vdma.org
Web:  www.euromot.org

Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)
Secretariat PO Box 19199
1000 gd Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel:  +31 20 622 1369
Fax:  +31 20 639 2181
Email: foei@foei.org
Web:www.foei.org

The Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA)
85 Gracechurch Street
London EC3V 0AA
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 7623 3113
Email: generalmanager@fonasba.com
Web: www.fonasba.com

Global Maritime Education & Training Association (GlobalMET)
GlobalMET Executive Secretary
AustralAsian Maritime Education Services Ltd.
P O Box 307
Waikanae 5250
Kapiti Coast
New Zealand

Tel: +64 4 905 6198
Fax: +64 4 905 6190
Email: secretariat@globalmet.org
Web: www.globalmet.org

Greenpeace International (GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL)
Ottho Heldringstraat 5
1066 AZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

London office:
Canonbury Villas
London N1 2PN
United Kingdom

Tel:  +31 20 71 82 000
Fax:  +31 20 51 48 151
Email: supporter.services.int@greenpeace.org
 

Tel:  +44(0)20 7865 8100
Fax:  +44(0)20 7865 8200
Email: info@uk.greenpeace.org
Web:  www.greenpeace.org.uk 

The Hot Briquetted Iron Association (HBIA)
624 Matthews-Mint Hill Road
Suite 410 Matthews
NC 28105-1774
United States of America

Tel: +1 704 815 3285
Fax: +1 704 841 4251
Web: www.hbia.org
Email: director@hbia.org

International Association of Airport and Seaport Police (IAASP)
111, B3-1410Parkway Boulevard
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Canada V3E 3J7

Tel: +1 604 782 6386
Fax: +1 604 945 6134
Email: garet@toddington.com
Web: www.iaasp.net

International Association of Classification Societies(IACS)
Permanent Secretariat
6th floor, 36 Broadway
London SW1H 0BH
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44(0)20 7976 0660
Fax:  +44(0)20 7808 1100
Email:  permsec@iacs.org.uk
Web:  www.iacs.org.uk

International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)
P.O. Box 4287
Houston, Texas 77210-4287
United States of America

United Kingdom office:
P.O. Box 296
Ruislip
Middx HA4 7WZ

Tel: +1 713 292 1945
Fax: +1 713 292 1946
Email:  info@iadc.org
Web:  www.iadc.org


Tel:  +44(0)1895 621 889
Email:  dominic.cattini@iadc.org

International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN)
c/o Royal Institute of Navigation
1 Kensington Gore
London SW7 2AT
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44(0)20 7591 3130
Fax:  +44(0)20 7591 3131
Email:  admin@rin.org.uk
Web:  www.rin.org.uk

International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and  Lighthouse Authorities (IALA)
20 ter, rue Schnapper
78100 St. Germain en Laye
France 

Tel:  +33 1 34 51 70 01
Fax:  +33 1 34 51 82 05
Email:  iala-aism@wanadoo.fr
Web:
www.iala-aism.org

International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU)
c/o Dalian Maritime University
1 Linghai Road
Liaoning Province Dalian 116026
China

IAMU Secretary's Office
Kaiyo Senpaku Building
6th floor
1-15-16, Toranomon
Minato-Ku, Tokyo
Japan 105-0001

Tel: +86 411 8472 7874
Fax: +86 411 8472 7993
Web:
www.iamu.edu.org

Tel: +81 3 5251 4131
Fax: +81 3 5251 4134
Email: iamusec@iamu-edu.org
Email: info@iamu.edu.org

International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
7th floor, South Tower New Pier Takeshi
1-16-1 Kaigan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-0022
Japan

IAPH Europe Office
P.O. Box 60
2910 AB Nieuwerkerk
The Netherlands

Tel: +81 3 5403 2770
Fax: +81 3 5403 7651
Email: info@iaphworldports.org
Web: www.iaphworldports.org




Tel
: +31 180 323399
Fax: +31 180 318569
Email: info@iaph.nl

International Bar Association (IBA)

Head Office:
10th floor, 1 Stephen Street
London W1T 1AT

International Bar Association (IBA)
c/o Clyde & Co.
51 Eastcheap
London EC3M 1JP


Tel:  +44(0)20 7691 6868
Fax:  +44(0)20 7691 6544
Email:[name]@int-bar.org
Web: www.ibanet.org


Tel:  +44(0)20 7623 4244
Fax:  +44(0)20 7623 5427
Email: firstname.surname@inf.co.uk

International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA)
Ground floor, Latimer House
5-7 Cumberland Place
Southampton
Hampshire SO15 2BH
United Kingdom

Tel: +44(0)23 8022 6555
Fax: +44(0)23 8022 1777
Email: ian.adams@ibia.net
Web: www.ibia.net/

International Bulk Terminals Association (IBTA)
6 Robertson Road
Brighton BN1 5NL
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44(0)1273-505 100
Fax:  +44(0)1273-549 602
Email: info@sph-global.com
Web: www.drybulkterminals.com

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
38 Cours Albert 1er
75008 Paris
France

Tel:  +33 1 49 53 28 28
Fax:  +33 1 49 53 2859
Email:  icc@iccwbo.org
Web:  www.iccwbo.org

ICHCA International Limited (ICHCA)
Suite 2, 85 Western Road
Romford
Essex RM1 3LS
United Kingdom

Tel:  01708-735 295
Fax:  01708-735 225
Email: info@ichcainternational.co.uk
Web:  www.ichcainternational.co.uk

International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA)
Herald House
15 Lambs Passage
London EC1Y 8TQ
United Kingdom


Tel:  020-7256 9216
Fax:  020-7256 9217
Email: icma.secgen@btconnect.com
Web:
www.icma.as


International Council of Marine Industry Associations  (ICOMIA)
Marine House
Thorpe Lea Road
Egham
Surrey TW20 8BF
United Kingdom

Tel:  1784-223 703
Fax:  1784-223 705
Email: info@icomia.com
Web: www.icomia.com

International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
Carthusian Court
12 Carthusian Street
London EC1M 6EZ
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44(0)20 7417 8844
Fax:  +44(0)20 7417 8877
Email:  post@marisec.org
Web: www.marisec.org

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
3 Rue de Varembé
P.O. Box 131
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

Tel:  41 22-919 02 11
Fax:  41-22-919 0300
Email:  info@iec.ch
Web: www.iec.ch

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Boulevard Charlemagne 1 (Bte 72)
B-1041 Brussels
Belgium

Tel: +32 2 230 9717
Fax: +32 2 231 0402
Email: info@ifaw.org
Email: info-eu@ifaw.org
Web: www.ifaw.org

International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations (IFSMA)
202 Lambeth Road
London SE1 7JY
United Kingdom

Tel:  020 7261 04 50
Fax:  020 7928 90 30
Email:  hq@ifsma.org
Web:  www.ifsma.org

International Harbour Masters’ Association (IHMA)
P.O. Box 314
Fareham
Hants PO17 5XZ
United Kingdom

Tel.: +44 1329 832771
Fax: +44 1329 834975
Email: secretary.ihma@
harbourmaster.org

Web: www.harbourmaster.org

Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL)
1990 M St NW
Suite 650
Washington, D.C. 20036-3417
USA

Tel:  +1 202 223 9800
Fax: +1 202 223 9810
Email:   info@iicl.org
Web:   www.iicl.org

Instituto Iberoamericano Derecho Maritimo (IIDM)

Permanent Secretariat:
Paraná 489 - Piso 9° - Oficina 55
C.P. 1017 - Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Argentina

Tel:  +54 (011) 4371 7854
Fax:  +54 (011) 4371 7854
Email:  iidm@itcom.com.ar
Web: www.iidmaritimo.org

International Lifesaving Appliances Manufacturers' Association (ILAMA)
P.O. Box 952
Shoreham
West Sussex BN43 6AP
United Kingdom

Tel:  01273 45 41 87
Fax:  01273 45 42 60
Email: admin@ilama.org
Web:   www.ilama.org

The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
80 Coleman Street
London EC2R 5BJ
United Kingdom

Tel:  (0)20 7382 2600
Fax:  (0)20 7382 2670
Email:  info@imarest.org
Web: www.imarest.org

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA)
52 Grosvenor Gardens
London SW1W 0AU
United kingdom

Tel:  (0)20 7824 5520
Fax:  (0)20 7824 5521
Email:  imca@imca-int.com
Web: www.imca-int.com

International Maritime Health Association (IMHA)
Italië 51
B-2000 Antwerp
Belgium

Tel: 32-3-229 0776
Fax: 32-3-225 2038
Email: IMHA@online.be
Web: www.imha.net

International Maritime Lecturers Association (IMLA)
c/o World Maritime University
P.O. Box 500
S-20124 Malmö
Sweden

Tel:  +46 40 356 330
Fax:  +46 40 128 442
Email
tn@wmu.se
Web: www.wmu.se

International Maritime Pilots' Association (IMPA)
HQS Wellington
Temple Stairs
Victoria Embankment
London WC2R 2PN
United Kingdom

Tel:  (0)20 7240 3973
Fax:  (0)20 7240 3518
Email: office@impahq.org
Web: www.impahq.org

International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF)
(formerly International Lifeboat Federation (ILF))
c/o Royal National Lifeboat Institution
West Quay Road
Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ
United Kingdom

Tel: 44 (0)1202 663398
Fax: 44 (0)1202 663399
Email: info@international-maritime-rescue.org
Web: www.international-maritime-rescue.org

Interferry
No. 8, 735 Moss Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 4N9
Canada

Tel: 1-250-592 9612
Fax: 1-250-592 9613
Email: len.roueche@interferry.com
Web: www.interferry.com

International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO)
9th floor, St Clare House
30-33 Minories
London EC3N 1DD
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44 (0)20 7977 7036
Fax:  +44 (0)20 7977 7031
Email:  info@intercargo.org
Web:  www.intercargo.org

International Ship Managers' Association (InterManager)

20 avenue de Font Vieille
9800 Monaco
Principality of Monaco

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 156
Horsham RH13 9ZH
United Kingdom

Tel: +377 9205 5444
Fax: +336 8086 0986
Web: www.intermanager.org

International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO)
801 North Quincy Street
Susite 200
Arlington
VA 22203
USA

London office:
9th floor, St Clare House
30-33 Minories
London EC3N 1DD

Tel:  00-1-703 373 2269
Fax:  00-1-703 841 0389
Email: chairman@intertanko.com
Web:
  www.intertanko.com


Tel
:  +44 (0)20 7977 7010
Fax:  +44 (0)20 7977 7011
Email:  london@intertanko.com

International Ocean Institute (IOI)
P.O. Box 3
Gzira GZR 01
Malta

Tel:   356-21 346 528
Fax:   356-21 346 502
Email:  ioihq@ioihq.org.mt
Web:www.ioinst.org

International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA)
5th floor, 209/215 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 8NL
United Kingdom

Tel:  (0)20 7633 2371
Fax:  (0)20 7633 2389
Email:  info@ipieca.org
Web:  www.ipieca.org

International Paint and Printing Ink Council (IPPIC)
IPPIC Secretariat
NPCA
1500 Rhode Island Avenue
NW, Washington DC 20005-5597
USA
Tel: 202 462 6272
Fax: 202 462 8549
Email: ippic@paint.org
Web:www.ippic.org

International Parcel Tankers Association (IPTA)
Halton Green East
Halton
Lancaster LA2 6PA
United Kingdom

Tel:  01524-811 892
Fax:  01524-811 956
Email:  mail@ipta.org.uk
Web: www.ipta.org.uk

International Road Transport Union (IRU)
3 rue de Varembé
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

Tel:  +41 22 918 2700
Fax:  +41 22 918 2741
Email:  iru@iru.org
Web:  www.iru.org

International Sailing Federation (ISAF)
Ariadne House, Town Quay
Southampton
Hampshire S014 2AQ
United Kingdom

Tel:   +44 (0)2380 635 111
Fax:  +44 (0)2380 635 789
Email:  secretariat@isaf.co.uk  
Web: 
www.sailing.org

International Spill Control Organization (ISCO)
Balbithax House
Kintore
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire AB51 0UQ

Tel: 01467 632 282
Email: info@spillcontrol.org
Web: www.spillcontrol.org

International Shipping Federation Limited (ISF)
Carthusian Court
12 Carthusian Street
London EC1M 6EZ
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44(0)20 7417 88 44
Fax:  +44(0)20 7417 88 77
Email:  isf@marisec.org  
Web: www.marisec.org

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Case postale 56
1 Chemin de la Voie-Creuse
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

UK office:
c/o British Standard Institution
389 Chiswick High Road
London W4 4AL

Tel:  41 22-749 01 11
Fax:  41 22-733 34 30
Email:  central@iso.org
Web:  www.iso.org


Tel:  +44(0)20 8996 9000
Fax:  +44(0)20 8996 7400
Email:  info@bsi.org.uk

International Shipsuppliers & Services Association (ISSA)
The Baltic Exchange
St. Mary Axe
London EC3A 8BH
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44-(0)20-7626 6236/7
Fax:  +44-(0)20-7626 6234
Email: secretariat@shipsupply.org
Web:  www.shipsupply.org

International Salvage Union (ISU)
Fleet Place House
2 Fleet Place
Holborn Viaduct
London EC4M 7RF
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44 (0)20 7653 1624
Fax:  +44(0)20 7236 1974
Email:  isu@marine-salvage.com
Web:  www.marine-salvage.com

International Tranport Workers' Federation (ITF)
49-60 Borough Road
London SE1 1DR
United Kingdom

Tel: +44(0)207 403 2733
Fax: +44(0)207 357 7871
Fax: +44(0)207 407 0115
Email: mail@itf.org.uk
Web: www.itfglobal.org

International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited (ITOPF)
1 Oliver's Yard
55 City Road
London EC1Y 1HQ
United Kingdom

Tel:  (0)20 7566 6999
Emergency:  07623 984 606
Fax:  (0)20 7566 6950
Email:  central@itopf.com
Web:  www.itopf.com

International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC)
c/o Force Technilogy
Division of Maritime Industry
Hjortekaersvej 99
DK-2800 Lyngby
Denmark

Tel: 00 45 7 215 7775
Fax:
0045 7 215 7701
Email:
aad@force.dk
Web:
www.ittc.sname.org

International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI)
c/o Swiss Insurance Association
C.F. Meyer-Strasse 14
Postfach 4288
CH-8022 Zurich
Switzerland


Tel.   +41 44 208 2870
Fax:  +41 44 208 2800
Email:  mail@iumi.com
Web: www.iumi.com

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Rue Mauverney 28
CH-1196 Gland
Switzerland

Tel:   +41 22 999 000/291
Fax: +41 22 999 0025
Email:  mail@hq.iucn.org
Web:  www.iucn.org 


   

NACE International
1440 South Creek Drive
Houston, TX 77084-4906
United States of America

Tel: +1 281 228 6200
Fax: +1 281 228 6300
Email: firstservice@nace.org
Web: www.nace.org

The Nautical Institute
202 Lambeth Road
London, SE1 7LQ
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 7928 1351
Fax: +44 (0)20 7401 2817
Email: sec@nautinst.org
Web: www.nautinst.org

Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
29 Queen Anne’s Gate
London SW1H 9BU
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44(0)20 7654 12 00
Fax:  +44(0)20 7654 12 05
Email:  enquiries@ocimf.com
Web: www.ocimf.com

International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP)
209-215 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 8NL
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44 (0)20 76330272
Fax:  +44 (0)20 7633 2350
Email:  reception@surname@ogp.org.uk
Web:  www.ogp.org.uk

Pacific Environment
251 Kearny Street, second floor
San Francisco CA 94108
United States of America

Tel: +1 415 399 8850
Fax: +1 415 399 8860
Email: info@pacificenvironment.org
Web: www.pacificenvironment.org

International Group of P & I Associations
(P & I CLUBS)
Peek House
20 Eastcheap
London EC3M 1EB
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44 (0)20 7929 3544
Fax:  +44 (0)20 7621 0675
Email:  secretariat@internationalgroup.
org.uk

Web: www.igpandi.org

 

PIANC, the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure
(PIANC)
Général Secretariat
Graaf de Ferraris – 11eme etage - boite 3
Boulevard du Roi Albert II No. 20
B-1000 Brussels
Belgium

PIANC UK Committee:
HR Wallingford
Howberry Park
Wallingford
Oxon OX10 8BA


Tel:  +32 2 553 71 61
Fax:  +32 2 553 71 55
Email:  info@pianc-aipcn.org
Web: www.pianc-aicpn.org



Tel
:  +44(0)1491 822296
Fax: +44(0)20 7799 1325
Web:  www.pianc-aipcn.org

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA)
10 Upper Belgrave Street
London SW1X 8BQ
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44 (0)20-7235 4622
Fax:  +44 (0)20-7359 5912
Email: hq@rina.org.uk
Web:   www.rina.org.uk

Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators Limited (SIGTTO)
17 St. Helen's Place
London EC3A 6DG
United Kingdom

Tel:  +44(0)20 7628 11 24
Fax:  +44(0)20 7628 31 63
Email:  secretariat@sigtto.org
Web:  www.sigtto.org

Superyacht Builders Association (SYBAss)
Cyclotronweg 1
2629 HN Delft
The Netherlands

Email: info@sybass.org
Web: www.sybass.org

International Vessel Operators Hazardous Materials Association, Inc. (VOHMA)
10 Hunter Brook Lane
Queensbury, NY 12804
United States of America

Tel:  +1 518 761 0263
Fax: +1 518 792 7781
Email:  mail@vohma.com
Web:  www.vohma.com

World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI)
Remo House
310-312 Regent Street
London W1B 3AX
United Kingdom

Tel.:  +44(0)20 7580 1144
Fax: +44(0)20 7580 5365
Email:  wnti@wnti@co.uk
Web: www.wnti.co.uk

World Shipping Council (WSC)
1156 15th Street, N.W.
Suite 300
Washington D.C. 20005
United States of America

Tel: +1 202 589 1230
Fax: +1 202 589 1231
Email: info@worldshipping.org
Web: www.worldshipping.org

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Avenue du Mont-Blanc 27
1196 Gland
Switzerland

Tel:  +41 22 364 91 11
Fax:  +41 22 364 4892
Web:  www.panda.org



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