Aviation is ramping up efforts to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) but is calling for a greater diversification of fuel sources and more decisive government policy and incentives to achieve its decarbonisation goals, and to meet forthcoming UK and EU mandates.
-After decades of work the High Seas Treaty has been adopted at the United Nations today.
-The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) welcomes this historic moment having represented the shipping industry in the discussions since 2016.
-The agreement takes into account the IMO’s role and is intended to cover gaps in ocean governance to ensure that emerging high seas industries will be as well-regulated as shipping is by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
• The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) joins the Clean Energy Marine Hubs (CEM Hubs) initiative.
• The CEM Hubs already has the backing of five countries, the UAE, Canada, Norway, Uruguay and Panama, and the support of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
• The initiative will be formally launched at the Clean Energy Ministerial in Goa in July.
Bangladesh is one of the principal ship recyclers in the world and key to leading the way for safe and sustainable ship recycling practices by ratifying the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (Hong Kong Convention).
The Hong Kong Convention aims to ensure that ships when being recycled after reaching the end of their operational lives, do not pose any unnecessary risk to human health and safety or the environment.
Ship recycling will be of significant importance in meeting net zero emissions by 2050 as the existing fleet is decommissioned in coming years to be replaced by net zero vessels.
ICS, CLIA, WSC and ECSA response to the OECD Secretariat’s request for industry input relating to possible options for the Substance-based Income Exclusion (“SBIE”), as set forth in Article 5.3 of the GloBE Rules, as applied to mobile assets and employees, and in particular to ships and their crew.
Employers (IMEC), shipowners (ICS) and unions (ITF) unite to bring a seafarer summit in
Manila on 26 June 2023 following the Day of the Seafarer.
The summit aims to highlight the elements required for a successful transformation of
seafarers’ roles to meet the needs of shipping in the future.
The Philippines continue to show leadership in matters relating to seafarers as host country
to one of the most relevant summits this year, focusing on the requirements for seafarers in
2050
The shipping industry is being urged to take notice of the latest amendments to the International Labour Organization (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) detailed in a new publication update from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), to ensure they comply and can operate and trade globally with their vessels. ICS Publications has published the fourth edition of Guidelines on the Application of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, providing crucial updates to the shipping industry on its mandatory employment standards and best practices, to ensure compliance with the Convention and the obligations of maritime employers which the Convention sets out.
This ICS publication is the comprehensive and definitive guide to the MLC. The revised fourth edition addresses the wide range of MLC provisions including the 2022 updates, which will enter into force in December 2024.