Imo – the international maritime organization
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The document provides information about the International Maritime Organization (IMO): - IMO was established in 1948 by the UN to regulate international shipping. It aims to enhance maritime safety and security, and prevent pollution from ships. - IMO consists of an Assembly, Council, and five main committees dealing with maritime safety, environmental protection, legal matters, technical cooperation, and facilitation. - The committees are supported by various subcommittees. The Secretariat, led by the Secretary-General, is based in London and comprises around 300 staff. - IMO has adopted over 50 conventions covering maritime safety, security, environmental concerns, liability, facilitation and other topics to regulate international shipping.
Imo – the international maritime organization
- 2. IMO – the International Maritime Organization IMO was established by means of a Convention adopted under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva on 17 March 1948. It is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships. Shipping is a truly international industry, and it can only operate effectively if the regulations and standards are themselves agreed, adopted and implemented on an international basis. And IMO is the forum at which this process takes place. The IMO slogan sums up its objectives: Safe, secure and efficient shipping on clean oceans.
- 3. Structure of IMO The Organization consists of an Assembly, a Council, and five main Committees: the Maritime Safety Committee; the Marine Environment Protection Committee; the Legal Committee; the Technical Cooperation Committee; and the Facilitation Committee and a number of Sub-Committees support the work of the main technical committees.
- 4. Structure of IMO Assembly: This is the highest Governing Body of the Organization. It consists of all Member States. It meets once every two years in regular sessions, but may also meet in an extraordinary session if necessary. The Assembly is responsible for approving the work programme, voting the budget and determining the financial arrangements of the Organization. The Assembly also elects the Council.
- 5. Structure of IMO Council The Council is elected by the Assembly for two-year terms. The Council is the Executive Organ of IMO. It is responsible for supervising the work of the Organization. Other functions of the Council are to: coordinate the activities of the organs of the Organization; consider the draft work programme and budget estimates of the Organization and submit them to the Assembly; receive reports and proposals of the Committees and other organs and submit them to the Assembly and Member States, with comments and recommendations as appropriate; appoint the Secretary-General, subject to the approval of the Assembly; enter into agreements or arrangements concerning the relationship of the Organization with other organizations, subject
- 6. Structure of IMO Council members for the 2016-2017 biennium Category (a): 10 States with the largest interest in providing international shipping services: China, Greece, Italy, Japan, Norway, Panama, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States. Category (b): 10 other States with the largest interest in international seaborne trade: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden. Category (c): 20 States not elected under (a) or (b) above which have special interests in maritime transport or navigation, and whose election to the Council will ensure the representation of all major geographic areas of the world: Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey.
- 7. Structure of IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) The MSC is the highest technical body of the Organization. It consists of all Member States. The functions of the Maritime Safety Committee are to “consider any matter within the scope of the Organization concerned with aids to navigation, construction and equipment of vessels, manning from a safety standpoint, rules for the prevention of collisions, handling of dangerous cargoes, maritime safety procedures and requirements, hydrographic information, log-books and navigational records, marine casualty investigations, salvage and rescue and any other matters directly affecting maritime safety. It also has the responsibility for considering and submitting recommendations and
- 8. Structure of IMO The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) The MEPC consists of all Member States. It is empowered to consider any matter within the scope of the Organization concerned with prevention and control of pollution from ships. Sub-Committees: The MSC and MEPC are assisted in their work by a number of sub-committees which are also open to all Member States: Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watch-keeping (HTW); Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III); Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR); Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR); Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC); Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE); and
- 9. Structure of IMO Legal Committee The Legal Committee is empowered to deal with any legal matters within the scope of the Organization. The Committee consists of all Member States of IMO. The Legal Committee is also empowered to perform any duties within its scope which may be assigned by or under any other international instrument and accepted by the Organization. Technical Cooperation Committee The Technical Cooperation Committee is required to consider any matter within the scope of the Organization concerned with the implementation of technical cooperation projects for which the Organization acts as the executing or cooperating agency and any other matters related to the Organization’s activities in the technical cooperation field. The Technical Cooperation Committee consists of all Member States of IMO
- 10. Structure of IMO Facilitation Committee The Facilitation Committee consists of all the Member States of the Organization. It deals with IMO’s work in eliminating unnecessary formalities and “red tape” in international shipping by implementing all aspects of the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic 1965 and any matter within the scope of the Organization concerned with the facilitation of international maritime traffic. Secretariat The Secretariat of IMO consists of the Secretary-General and some 300 international personnel based at the headquarters of the Organization in London.
- 11. Structure of IMO Facilitation Committee The Facilitation Committee consists of all the Member States of the Organization. It deals with IMO’s work in eliminating unnecessary formalities and “red tape” in international shipping by implementing all aspects of the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic 1965 and any matter within the scope of the Organization concerned with the facilitation of international maritime traffic. Secretariat The Secretariat of IMO consists of the Secretary-General and some 300 international personnel based at the headquarters of the Organization in London.
- 12. List of IMO Conventions Convention on the International Maritime Organization (Adoption: 6 March 1948; Entry in force: 17 March 1958) Key IMO Conventions International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto and by the Protocol of 1997 (MARPOL) International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers ( STCW) as amended, including the 1995 and 2010 Manila Amendments Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 adopted by ILO
- 13. List of IMO Conventions Conventions relating to maritime safety and security and ship/port interface Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG), 1972 Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), 1965 International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966 International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA), 1988, and Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms located on the Continental Shelf (and the 2005 Protocols) International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC), 1972
- 14. List of IMO Conventions Conventions relating to maritime safety and security and ship/port interface Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO C), 1976 The Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels (SFV), 1977, superseded by the The 1993 Torremolinos Protocol; Cape Town Agreement of 2012 on the Implementation of the Provisions of the 1993 Protocol relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F), 1995 Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement (STP), 1971 and Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships, 1973
- 15. List of IMO Conventions Conventions relating to prevention of marine pollution International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties (INTERVENTION), 1969 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (LC), 1972 (and the 1996 London Protocol) International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC), 1990 Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 (OPRC-HNS Protocol) International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships (AFS), 2001 International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009
- 16. List of IMO Conventions Conventions covering liability and compensation International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (CLC), 1969 1992 Protocol to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (FUND 1992) Convention relating to Civil Liability in the Field of Maritime Carriage of Nuclear Material (NUCLEAR), 1971 Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (PAL), 1974 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC), 1976 International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS), 1996 (and its 2010 Protocol) International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007
- 17. List of IMO Conventions Other Conventions International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (TONNAGE), 1969 International Convention on Salvage (SALVAGE), 1989