The objective of this publication is to provide practical information about using low cost and low technology approaches that are useful for monitoring compliance with permit conditions associated with ocean disposal of waste materials or other matter. The primary audiences for this guidance are countries that are in the early stages of developing waste assessment and monitoring actions in conc…
The objective of this publication is to provide practical information about using low cost and low technology tools that are useful for monitoring of possible environmental impacts associated with disposal at sea of either dredged material or inert, inorganic geological materials. The primary audiences for this guidance are countries that are in the early stages of developing waste assessment …
This publication presents: the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009; six resolutions adopted at the International Conference on the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships held under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization in Hong Kong, China, from 11 to 15 May 2009; six sets of guidelines for the unifo…
The aim of the Guidelines is to provide practical guidance for assessing and responding to incidents involving sunken oil. Their scope is confined to sunken and submerged oil and does not include oil on sunken wrecks. The Guidelines also include references to other information sources.
The 2009 MODU Code present a major revision of the 1989 MODU Code. It contains, amongst others : * Updated provisions for helicopter facilities, * Clarification of Differing jurisdiction and control mechanisms of port and coastal States, * Changes to the provisions for casualty investigations, * New Provisions for means of access and safe access to spaces * Provisions for anti-fouling s…
This publication contains all relevant resolutions adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in the process of the institutionalization of the IMO Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS), as well as other documents developed to support its effective implementation. It includes: Framework and Procedures for IMSAS - IMO Instruments Implementation Code (III Code) 2013 non-exhaustive…
Countries facing a major pollution emergency may require external resources to augment national response capacity for large, complex or significant oil spill incidents. In such cases, the Requesting Country may wish to issue a request for international assistance. This can be done bilaterally, multilaterally, or possibly through a regional mechanism, where these exist. Correspondingly, major oi…
Developed by a joint working group of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and IMO, these guidelines are designed to help Administrations, shipowners and seafarers meet their obligations under ILO Convention No. 180 (Seafarers’ Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention) and IMO’s STCW Convention, 1978, as amended in 1995. They provide a standardized table showing shipboard w…
The notion of "goal-based ship contruction standards" was introduced in IMO at the eighty-ninth session of the council in November 2002 through a proposal by the Bahamas and Greece (C 89/12/1), suggesting that IMO should play a large role in determining the standards to which new ships are built, traditionally the responsibility of classification societies and shipyards.