Agenda: WORK PROGRAMME. Submitted by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, EC, ICS, IALA and NI.
Agenda: PREPARATION OF DRAFT AMENDMENTS (42-24) TO THE IMDG CODE, CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS REFERRED TO E&T 38 BY CCC 8. Submitted by BIMCO, CEFIC, DGAC, ICS, P & I Clubs, WSC and IVODGA
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The Black Sea Grain Initiative (‘the Initiative’) was recently extended by 120 days to 18 March 2023 under the original conditions, after all parties reached agreement.
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Allard Castelein, President and CEO of Port of Rotterdam, talks to Leadership Insights about the complex web of stakeholder projects underway to prepare Europe’s busiest container port for a digitalised, decarbonised future.