24 maritime news articles about IMO
Following a successful conference in Torremolinos in October 2019, IMO continues its work to promote much-needed safety standards for fishing vessels through the Cape Town Agreement. In this video, world leaders explain the importance of such legal instrument to save lives, fight Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fi
This video showcases IMO's new long-term strategy on mobilising resources for technical cooperation activities, and encourage active communication with potential donors and recipients.
Every time delegates gather at the International Maritime Organization Headquarters, a dynamic team works tirelessly in the background. Meet the people of IMO's Conference division, who welcome an impressive 10,000 delegates each year and make these important meetings run smoothly!
A global regulation that will substantially reduce harmful sulphur oxide (SOx) emissions from ships comes into effect from 1 January 2020, bringing significant benefits for both human health and the environment.
Video summary of the IMO Awards ceremony 2019 in which remarkable stories of human endeavour and courage beyond the call of duty receives due recognition.
A film from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) showing how IMO's women in Maritime programme is helping to support gender diversity in the maritime sector.
Video putting the spotlight on how an IMO/EU initiative is helping to cut maritime emissions in the Solomon Islands as part of a global project to help tackle climate change.
Over the years, the International Maritime Organization has shaped the way international shipping operates. From codes, conventions and guidelines touching upon safety of life at sea, life-saving appliance, safety of ships in polar waters, guidelines on fatigue, maritime autonomous surface ships and more, IMO has been
"Empowering Women in the Maritime Community" has been selected as the World Maritime Day theme for 2019. This video from the IMO Secretary-General, Kitack Lim, raises awareness of the importance of gender equality, in line with the SDGs, and highlights the important contribution of women all over the world to the mari
Video summary of the 2018 IMO Awards, presenting both the IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea and the International Maritime Prize to highly deserving individuals.
For the first time, an IMO exhibition is bringing our success stories and the future challenges for maritime transport to a global audience. Part of our celebrations of 70 years of promoting safe, secure and clean shipping, under the theme "IMO 70: Our Heritage - Better Shipping for a Better Future.
This short video looks back into the rich history of the Organization and its past achievements, but also looks at the current future challenges for the years to come to ensure global effective implementation of IMO standards.
Overcrowding is dangerous. Listen to crew. Follow instructions. It could save your life. These simple but key messages to ferry passengers are included in this one-minute animated IMO safety video to be shown in ferry terminals across the Asia and Pacific region.
Video message by IMO Secretary-General addressing seafarer's wellbeing, particularly their mental health and how this year's campaign highlights specific strategies to tackle stress and other issues affecting seafarers' mental conditions.
The European Union partners with the International Maritime Organization to navigate shipping into a low-carbone future via the GMN Initiative. Funded by the European Union and implemented by the International Maritime Organization, the Global MTCC Network (GMN) initiative unites technology centres – Maritime Technolo
This year IMO celebrates 70 years since the Convention establishing the Organization was adopted. The World Maritime Day theme for the year is "IMO 70: Our Heritage – Better Shipping for a Better Future".
The IMO-Vega Database, jointly developed by IMO and DNV GL is an indispensable database of IMO Instruments. The inclusion of SOLAS, MARPOL, IAMSAR and IMDG Code as well as historical date and legal texts make it a one stop shop for IMO regulations.
Video summary of the IMO Awards Ceremony 2017 at IMO Headquarters, recognizing extraordinary acts of bravery and awarding the prestigious International Maritime Prize.
This video which is part of a series on IMO in the polar environment, focuses on search and rescue in polar regions and takes a closer look at the challenges of search and rescue operations in these inhospitable polar regions.
IMO's Interactive Workshop on General Principles of Drafting National Legislation to Implement IMO Conventions, was held at IMO Headquarters in London (18-22 September 2017).
A key IMO international measure for environmental protection that aims to stop the spread of potentially invasive aquatic species in ships’ ballast water entered into force on 8 September 2017. The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) requires s
Students from the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) visited IMO Headquarters for their student forum in July 2017. The forum's theme was that of IMO’s World Maritime Day “Connecting Ships, Ports and People”.
The Polar Code film shows how this new IMO instrument supports safe and environmentally-friendly shipping in the Arctic and Antarctic waters. (Additional footage credit to Ruedi Abbuehl from PolarNews).
IMO Secretary-General's video message for Day of the Seafarer 2017 under the theme Seafarers Matter. Encouraging ports and seafarer centres from around the world to show how they help support seafarers.