The International Maritime Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference held in Geneva in 1948 and the IMO came into existence ten years later,meeting for the first time on 17 March 1958. Headquartered in London,United Kingdom,IMO currently has 175 Member States and three Associate Members.
The United States Merchant Marine is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels. Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors,and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United States. The Merchant Marine primarily transports domestic and international cargo and passengers during peacetime,and operate and maintain deep-sea merchant ships,tugboats,towboats,ferries,dredges,excursion vessels,charter boats and other waterborne craft on the oceans,the Great Lakes,rivers,canals,harbors,and other waterways. In times of war,the Merchant Marine can be an auxiliary to the United States Navy,and can be called upon to deliver military personnel and materiel for the military.
David See-chai Lam,was a Hong Kong-born Canadian banker,businessman,investor,philanthropist,and politician. From 1988 to 1995,Lam was the 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia,and he was the first Chinese Canadian to be appointed as a vice-regal in Canada. He was known for his charitable efforts,donating millions of dollars and leveraging millions more to support educational institutions and activities in Hong Kong,Canada,and the United States.
The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) is an international maritime treaty which sets out minimum safety standards in the construction,equipment and operation of merchant ships. The International Maritime Organization convention requires signatory flag states to ensure that ships flagged by them comply with at least these standards.
The World Maritime University(WMU) in Malmö,Sweden,is a postgraduate maritime university founded within the framework of the International Maritime Organization (IMO),a specialized agency of the United Nations. Established by an IMO Assembly Resolution in 1983,the aim of WMU is to further enhance the objectives and goals of IMO and IMO member States around the world through education,research,and capacity building.
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava KCMG,ComIH,IAS (Retd.) was an Indian civil servant,international administrator,and diplomat.
The Marine Engineering and Research Institute (MERI),formerly known as the Directorate of Marine Engineering Training (DMET),now known as Indian Maritime University - Kolkata Campus and Mumbai Port Campus,is India's national institute and one of the institutes for the training of Marine Engineers and Polyvalent Officers.
The IMO number of the International Maritime Organization is a generic term covering two distinct meanings. The IMO ship identification number is a unique ship identifier;the IMO company and registered owner identification number is used to identify uniquely each company and/or registered owner managing ships of at least 100 gross tons (gt). The schemes are managed in parallel,but IMO company/owner numbers may also be obtained by managers of vessels not having IMO ship numbers. IMO numbers were introduced to improve maritime safety and reduce fraud and pollution,under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
Igor Maratovich Ponomaryov,was the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Chairman of the Maritime Safety Committee since 2003. He was also a Governor of the World Maritime University in Malmö,Sweden,and he served as Chairman of the Council of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) from 2001 to 2002.
The environmental effects of shipping include air pollution,water pollution,acoustic,and oil pollution. Ships are responsible for more than 18% of nitrogen oxides pollution,and 3% of greenhouse gas emissions.
Maritime administrations,or flag state administrations,are the executive arms/state bodies of each government responsible for carrying out the shipping responsibilities of the state,and are tasked to administer national shipping and boating issues and laws within their territorial waters and for vessels flagged in that country,or that fall under their jurisdiction.
The Hong Kong International Convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships,or Hong Kong Convention,is a multilateral convention adopted in 2009,which has not entered into force. The conference that created the convention was attended by 63 countries,and overseen by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Efthymios (Thimio) E. Mitropoulos was the seventh Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO),a United Nations agency. Mitropoulos was elected as Secretary-General on 18 June 2003 during the 19th session of the International Maritime Organization Council. His four-year term started on 1 January 2004,and then was extended until 31 December 2011 by the IMO Council on 9 November 2006. He was succeeded by Koji Sekimizu.
Mercantile Marine Department,Pakistan is an attached department of Ports and Shipping Wing,Karachi under the Ministry of Ports and Shipping,Government of Pakistan. The department was established in 1930 under the Merchant Shipping Act,1923,which was repealed and replaced with Merchant Shipping Ordinance No. L II of 2001 in 2001. The department is headed by the Principal Officer who is also Registrar of Ships and Superintendent of Light Houses in Pakistan.
Kitack Lim is a South Korean maritime official who served as a previous Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization.
The Initial IMO Strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships,or Initial IMO GHG Strategy,is the framework through which the International Maritime Organization (IMO) aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international maritime shipping. GHG emissions from shipping are about 3% of total GHG emissions,and under this strategy the IMO envisions their elimination within this century. However many companies and organizations say shipping should be decarbonized by 2050.
The International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or Other Low-flashpoint Fuels,often referred and abbreviated as the IGF Code,is the International Maritime Organization (IMO) standard for the use of gases as a fuel in maritime transport.
The International Code of the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk,often referred and abbreviated as the IGC Code,is the International Maritime Organization (IMO) standard concerning the cargo carriage of liquefied gases in maritime transport. The Code covers gases carried by gas carriers at sea and cargoes include liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas.
Koji Sekimizu is a Japanese official who was Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization between 2012 and 2015,as well as Chancellor of the World Maritime University.
Arsenio Dominguez is the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO),a specialised agency of the United Nations. He became the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization with effect from 1 January 2024,for an initial four-year term.
