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Peru accedes to the 2012 Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety
Peru has shown its support for the safety of fishing vessels and their crews by depositing its instrument of accession to the 2012 Cape Town Agreement on 26 February. This makes it the 16th country to become a Contracting State to the Agreement, following in the footsteps of Croatia, which had acceded on 16 February.
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Pacific hub ports concept explored for regional crew change and repatriation
The concept of “hub” ports to receive, quarantine, test for COVID-19 and potentially vaccinate seafarers in the Pacific region was explored at a recent roundtable meeting (25 February) involving representatives from States in the region, UN agencies, the shipping industry, the relevant trade union organization and the Pacific Islands Forum.
African Regional webinar builds support for the 2012 Cape Town Agreement
Attendees at the African regional webinar discussed the benefits of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement as a tool to improve fishing vessel safety in countries' territorial waters.
IMO regional pollution centre assists with oil spill incident in Israel
REMPEC is assisting the competent authorities of Israel with technical expertise regarding the beaching of a large quantities of tar balls on the Israeli shoreline.
Croatia accedes to fishing vessel safety treaty
Croatia has deposited its instrument of accession to become a Contracting State to the 2012 Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety, demonstrating increasing Member State support for the regulations designed to safeguard fishing vessels and their crews.
Croatia accedes to ship recycling convention
Croatia is the latest country to accede to IMO's treaty for safe and environmentally-sound ship recycling – the Hong Kong Convention. The Convention covers the design, construction, operation and maintenance of ships, and preparation for ship recycling in order to facilitate safe and environmentally sound recycling, without compromising the safety and operational efficiency of ships.
Covid, “white list” and training in focus at Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping Sub-Committee
The adverse effects of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic on seafarers; digitalisation of certificates and documents of seafarers; training quality issues; and potential measures to facilitate mandatory seagoing service under the Convention are under discussion at the seventh session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (HTW 7).
FAL Convention at heart of IMO response to illegal wildlife trade
At a webinar on ‘Asia Dialogue on Responses to Wildlife Trafficking in Maritime Transport’ Josephine Uranza, IMO Regional Coordinator, Regional Presence for Technical Cooperation in East Asia highlighted the efforts being undertaken to curb illegal wildlife trade.
IMO welcomes Neptune Declaration on seafarers
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has welcomed the industry-led Neptune Declaration, which calls for seafarers to be designated as key workers and for cooperation to end the crew change crisis.