On-line supplement
to the Maritime Market magazine

Last modified: 2016-01-13

Company press releases

• GOVERNMENTS NEED TO COMPROMISE OR RISK HAVING NO IMO CO2 STRATEGY AT ALL
• A maritime treaty is adopted or amended – what happens next?
• Global treaty to halt invasive aquatic species enters into force
• Global treaty to halt invasive aquatic species to enter into force in 2017
• IMO seeks hosts for Maritime Technology Cooperation Centres
• Mandatory electronic data exchange for international shipping adopted
• EC funding gives green light to ambitious IMO energy-efficiency project
• World Maritime Day 2013: "Sustainable Development: IMO's contribution beyond Rio+20"
• Arctic voyage to give IMO Secretary-General first-hand insight on polar issues
• IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee 65th session pushes forward with energy-efficiency implementation
• Guidelines on dealing with crimes on ships approved by Legal Committee
• World Maritime Day 2012 - "IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic"
• IMO Secretary-General launches ‘Accident Zero’ initiative with IALA
• IMO Secretary-General urges decisive action on ballast water and Costa Concordia accident
• North American emission control area comes into effect on 1 August 2012
• IMO adopts important guidelines to support implementation of mandatory energy efficiency measures for international shipping
• IMO Assembly elects new 40-Member Council
• Antarctic fuel oil ban and North American ECA MARPOL amendments enter into force on 1 August 2011
• Mandatory energy efficiency measures for international shipping adopted at IMO environment meeting
• Mr. Koji Sekimizu elected as IMO Secretary-General
• IMO urges the world to "tweet" and "like" on 2011 Day of the Seafarer
• Interim guidance on use of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships agreed by IMO Maritime Safety meeting
• Expansion of World-Wide Navigational Warning System into Arctic waters marked by IMO, WMO and IHO chiefs
• IMO spells out action needed to tackle piracy
• Mandatory fire test procedures Code adopted by IMO Maritime Safety meeting
• Cancún Climate Change Conference - IMO briefing
• Proposed GHG amendments to MARPOL convention circulated for adoption in 2011, as IMO heads to Cancún climate change conference
• Norway to assist IMO environmental projects
• Revised MARPOL Annex III adopted at IMO environment meeting
• IMO environment meeting discusses GHG measures for new ships
• CO2 control measures high on agenda at IMO environment meeting
• Handover of petition on piracy World Maritime Day23 September 2010
• Air pollution from ships cut, with entry into force of MARPOL amendments
• IMO to focus on piracy response in 2011 WMD theme
• IMO safety committee adopts historic ship construction regulations
• A message to the world’s seafarers
• IMO Assembly elects new 40-Member Council
• Republic of Korea continues financial support for IMO's technical co-operation agenda
• IMO diligent and thorough, Secretary-General tells delegates as 26th IMO Assembly opens
• IMO Assembly to meet for 26th session
• Climate Change: a challenge for IMO too!
• (IMSBC) Code and Supplement, 2009 Edition now available
• MARPOL amendments to prevent pollution during ship-to-ship oil transfer operations adopted
• Ship GHG emissions high on agenda at IMO environment meeting
• IMO Council makes 2010 the "Year of the seafarer"
• Revised guidance on combating piracy agreed by IMO Maritime Safety Committee
• Piracy off Somalia high on agenda as IMO Maritime Safety Committee meets
• New international convention adopted to ensure safe and environmentally sound ship recycling
• New ship recycling convention set for adoption at Hong Kong Conference
• International Maritime Law Institute celebrates 20th anniversary with commemorative seminar
• Liberia regional search and rescue centre cements another link in African SAR chain
• IMO approves draft HNS Protocol aimed at bringing 1996 HNS Convention into effect
• IMO and industry review progress on addressing seafarer shortage and the scourge of piracy
• Revised MARPOL Annex VI and NOx Technical Code published by IMO
• Major progress on energy efficiency for ships during intersessional IMO meeting
• IMO hosts meetings of Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
• IMO Maritime Safety Committee progresses broad agenda
• IMO publishes new IMDG Code (2008 Edition)
• IMO chief makes direct appeal to Security Council for Somalia piracy action
• "Go to sea!" campaign launched at IMO to attract entrants to the shipping industry
• Netherlands signs Wreck Removal Convention
• Major progress on air pollution, ship recycling and ballast water management at IMO environment meeting
• USA ratifies international rules on air pollution from ships
• Ship emissions high on agenda at IMO environment meeting
• World Maritime Day
• Harmful ships’ paint systems outlawed as international convention enters into force

Main activities:

Established in 1948, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is the United Nations’ specialized agency, currently comprising 169 Member States, responsible for improving maritime safety and preventing marine pollution from ships.

To this purpose, IMO Publishing is committed to supplying the world’s maritime community with high-quality publications, in printed and electronic format in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.

The dissemination of this information plays an important role in promoting shipping as the most efficient, safe and environmentally-friendly method of transporting goods around the globe.