IMO is continuing its work to promote a key compensation treaty covering the transport of hazardous and noxious substances by ship – the HNS Convention.

Changing climatic conditions are opening up the polar regions to more and more maritime activity.

Germany is the latest country to accede to IMO's treaty for safe and environmentally-sound ship recycling – the Hong Kong Convention.

IMO training on the International Safety Management (ISM) Code is underway for nine countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania) in the eastern and southern Africa subregion.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved and adopted a comprehensive set of guidance and guidelines to support the consistent implementation of the lower 0.50% limit on sulphur in ships’ fuel oil, which will enter into effect from 1 January 2020. Related draft MARPOL amendments were also approved.

Amendments to the Facilitation Convention were adopted in 2016 and they entered into force on 1 January 2017.

IMO contributes to the protection of biodiversity through its Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, which requires ships to manage their ballast water to limit the spread of potentially invasive aquatic organisms.

Regulations and Technology Change of Antifouling Paints

We kindly remind you that Resolution MEPC.277(70) entered into force on the 1st of March 2018 and entailed amendments to the garbage management onboard.

Amendments to Annex V of the MARPOL Convention (Garbage) come into force by 1 March 2018