IUMI Eye Newsletter March 2019

Message from the President: Setting the agenda

Since becoming President I have spent time with my colleagues on the Executive Committee to establish the priorities for my term of office...

Industry publishes improved cyber guidelines

The third edition of the industry “Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships” was published in December 2018 and addresses the requirement...

Brexit

There is a popular Brexit account on Twitter that tweets every sixty minutes how many hours are left before the UK is due to leave the European Union on 29 March this year. The numbers on...

Mounting cargo risks – a growing concern

Major fires on cargo ships are becoming an increasing concern and sadly often result in loss of life, damage to the vessel and cargo, and can have...

Report of 100th session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee

The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) held its 100th session from 3-7 December 2018. Throughout the week progress was made on the...

Report of 6th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response

The 6th session of the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) took place from 18 to 22 February...

The United States - In search of just and reasonable practices for demurrage/detention

The United States Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) recently found that problems with charges for holding onto...

Report on the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC 6)

The 6th session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction (SDC) met from 4-8 February 2019. The meeting was chaired by...

Landmark Supreme Court decision on burden of proof under the Hague Rules

A recent Supreme Court decision has provided important clarification of a key issue for parties involved in cargo disputes...

Let the countdown begin

“Confronting the chaos for a sustainable future?“ is the somewhat controversial theme for this year’s annual IUMI conference. This year the conference will...

Cooperation group on Places of Refuge

The European Commission, EU/EEA Member States and industry representatives met in Brussels on 6 February to discuss the drafting of revised international...

The securing of containers on deck on a container ship

There are six different motions in which ships move in the sea, primarily pitching, heaving and rolling. Lateral rolling motion represents the...

Q&A with Christopher O. Davis, President, Comité Maritime International (CMI)

In a nutshell, how would you describe the main role of the Comité Maritime International (CMI)? The CMI was...

ISPM 15 - Backgrounds and Current Challenges

For the full version of this article and a comprehensive discussion, please click on the following link https://www.ba-ty.com/news/ The directive, ISPM...

The future is bright: the future is digital

Unprecedented change within the insurance market provides the possibility of harnessing existing and new data through technology to improve the quality of...

The Kerch explosion and dynamic data

If at the start of the year you could have chosen two ships destined to be involved in a serious incident in 2019, you would have done well to pick the Candy and...

Internet of Things (IoT)

By now nearly all of us have heard the term Internet of Things (IoT). But what exactly does it mean? The Internet of Things (IoT) has been defined as “a network of...

Handing over the baton

Philip Norwood, Senior Technical Executive at Lloyd’s Market Association, has taken over as Chair of the Salvage Forum and we would like to take this opportunity to...

People at IUMI: Philip Norwood

How long have you been associated with IUMI? I have been attending the IUMI annual conference for many years, and I have been an active participant and member on the...

Rapallo, 29 October 2018: catastrophic events and cumulative risks

A number of extreme weather events in the world are having a significant impact on our industry which is changing and suffering. On...

Liquid bulk, don’t miss the boat

Liquid bulk can be defined as liquid commodity/cargo that is transported in large quantities in unpacked form. These include a large range of liquids with a...

The brave new sanctions world – did you reconsider your procedures and your sanctions clauses?

Just days before the IUMI 2018 Conference the world changed for those with an Iranian exposure....

Top of the class

In the coveted and highly sought-after Lloyd’s List Top 100 most influential people in shipping (2018) rankings we were delighted to see IUMI’s executives and technical...

IACS Council focuses on the challenges of cyber safety and GHG emissions

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) Council held its 78th session (C78) in December 2018 in...

IUMI Submission to EU consultation on the Offshore Safety Directive

Late last year, the European Commission offered a public consultation on the evaluation of the EU Offshore Safety Directive (OSD)....

IUMI urges reconsideration of restriction to Paris MoU data files

Following a decision by the Paris MoU Committee in May 2018, its Port State Control (PSC) data files are no longer available to...

Welcome to IUMI!

We are excited to welcome 21 new members to IUMI’s Technical Committees (TCs)! Following last year’s elections we had a large number of applicants for the vacant seats...