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Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have come together at the Global Initiative South East Asia (GI-SEA) regional meeting to discuss and develop an action plan for the implementation of the ASEAN Oil Spill Response Action Plan MoU. IMO’s Colleen O’Hagan is in attendance at the meeting, which is being hosted by the Marine Department of the Government of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (17-19 December).
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted the International Code for Ships, and related amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to make it mandatory, marking an historic milestone in the Organization’s work to protect ships and people aboard them, both seafarers and passengers, in the harsh environment of the waters surrounding the two poles. The Polar Code and SOLAS amendments were adopted during […]