Preventing pest container contamination was one of the many items discussed at IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 98). Cyber risk management, autonomous ships, security and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments were also on the agenda.
Carbon emissions, safety and cyber security were at the top of the agenda at the annual Tripartite Shipbuilding Forum which attracted more than 100 delegates.
The BIMCO President Mr Papagiannopoulos highlighted the main opportunities and threats for shipping coming from digitalisation at the 3rd ShipIT conference in Athens on 27 September 2017. The opportunities and threats include the admin burden on board ships, autonomous ships, blockchain, cyber risk ... Please follow the link to continue reading.
With the latest addition of data regulation coming into force in China on 1 November 2021, it has been reported in the media that the trio of EU GDPR-inspired regulation has caused some disturbance in the availability of Chinese terrestrial AIS data for international shipping. BIMCO believes the reg... Please follow the link to continue reading.
BIMCO reports from the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee about regulations for autonomous ships
BIMCO reports on the new industry working group established with the purpose of updating the existing Industry Standard on Software Maintenance of Shipboard Equipment
BIMCO and CIRM (Comité International Radio-Maritime) have taken the concept of the onboard software log to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to automate and modernise it. As a result, the ISO has published a new standard on a ship software logging system to be used for operati... Please follow the link to continue reading.
BIMCO’s committee structure will change to reflect the increased importance of the environment while maintaining a thorough debate on safety. The BIMCO Board of Directors agreed to the change at a meeting in December.
In 2019 the new mandatory requirements on Electronic Data Interchange requires public authorities to establish systems for the electronic exchange of information to assist ship clearance processes.
Key takeaways from the 108 meeting in the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 108) of the IMO.
