Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here The document which was jointly submitted by France, BIMCO and IUMI, assesses several risk control options (RCOs) related to prevention, detection, firefighting and containment of fires on board containerships as provided in the CARGOSAFE FSA

Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here A Code of Practice between the International Group of P&I Clubs and IUMI has recently been agreed in relation to future casualty situations that may give rise to the need for third party salvage services.

Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here This dissertation by Helge Rath published in 2016 analyses 56 fires and firefighting operations on fully cellular container vessels over the period 2000 – 2015. Download the paper: Analysis of fires and firefighting operations

Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here Cargo theft is a global challenge with a major negative impact on supply chains and economies around the world. IUMI has an interest in preventing any theft of cargo and therefore encourages measures that reduce

Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here Following the transit of the first Western owned vessels through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2009, through-traffic increased up until 2016 but then plummeted. Declining freight markets and fuel costs, difficult ice conditions, and

Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here Major fires on container vessels count among the worst hazards of the global shipping industry. Names such as the "Hanjin Pennsylvania" (4,000 TEU; fire on November 11, 2002, two fatalities, constructive total loss), the "Hyundai

Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here The deadly fires aboard the ferries “Norman Atlantic” just before New Year 2014 and the “Sorrento” in April 2015, prompted an international response from the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) in May 2015. The number

Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here IUMI's position on the European Commission's report on liability, compensation and financial security for offshore oil and gas operations, COM (2015) 422 final which focuses on the implementation of Directive 2013/30/EU, the Offshore Safety Directive

Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here Cat fines are small particles of metal that are deliberately introduced to 'crack' fuel to improve the efficiency of refining. Unless removed by purification, the cat fines become embedded in engine parts and cause serious