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IMO urges collaboration for security in Gulf of Guinea The Punch Published 22 July 2021 The International Maritime Organization has urged member states, national authorities, the United Nations and other relevant organisations to strengthen law enforcement, arrest and prosecute pirates within their jurisdictions in accordance with international law and national legal frameworks. The Secretary-General, IMO, Kitack Lim, said this on Wednesday while speaking at the inaugural meetin...

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The IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 Project has received 14.5 million NOK (USD 1.75 million) in additional funding to continue assisting developing countries...

Jamaica’s role at centre of international maritime education continues with Brady’s reappointment Jamaica’s only governor of the World Maritime University has been re-appointed. Rear Admiral Peter Brady, Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, has been reconfirmed as a member of the WMU Board of Governors by Kitack Lim, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization and Chancellor of the University. He will serve a further two terms expiring at the end of Febr...

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IMO/Flickr The United Nations (UN) has released a human rights checklist for businesses as it forecasts a surge in stranded seafarers. The joint initiative between the UN Global Compact, the UN Human Rights Office, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) aims to assist businesses in upholding their responsibilities as new COVID variants and outbreaks threaten to cause further delays in crew change and repa...

A group of the leading seafarer welfare charities and other shipping industry stakeholders have launched a $1 million emergency relief fund to support seafarers and their families impacted by the rampant COVID-19 outbreak in India. Even before the recent surge in India, an estimated 200,000 seafarers had continued to be impacted by the pandemic-fueled crew change crisis, in some cases stranded on ships for months beyond agreed contracts. Despite some progress in combatting the crisis, the daily...

SINGAPORE - More than 200,000 seafarers worldwide are either still stranded on ships or waiting to board them as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Kitack Lim said on Friday (April 23). While things have gotten better since the start of the year, these maritime workers, who do not have the luxury of working from home, need to be recognised as key workers and be vaccinated so they can move across borders, he added. At...

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has announced its candidacy to be a council member (category C) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for a ninth term, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.

Singapore Maritime Week 2021 to discuss industry’s ‘New Frontiers, Shifting Paradigms’ 12 Apr 2021 The 15th Singapore Maritime Week (SMW) 2021 is organised by the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), in collaboration with industry stakeholders and research and educational institutions. It is to be held from Monday, 19 April to Friday, 23 April 2021. This week-long event will bring together industry experts and thought leaders in the maritime sector to discuss the changing ...