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IMO Regulations for Cyber Security Risk Management

UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MARITIME CYBER SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT In response to the growing threat of cyber-crime, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued Resolution MSC.428(98). This regulation has since been complemented by other guidelines, notably those developed by the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) for cyber risk management. These guidelines lay out high-level recommendations for incorporating cyber risk management into existing safety management…


BIMCO Launches Campaign to Call For Removal of Single-Use Plastics

BIMCO has launched a campaign to raise awareness and help support removal of single-use plastic bottles from ships. Today, even if plastics on board ships are sorted, managed, and discharged to shore in a proper way, mismanagement of waste on land means it can still reach the ocean. With up to 1.75 billion plastic bottles a year being used on…



Shipping industry Takes New Step to Protect Marine Environments

Cleaning a ship’s submerged parts from barnacles and other growths, while the ship is in the water, can transfer invasive species to local marine environments unless it is properly cleaned and the debris is captured. To combat this problem, and to provide clarity and quality assurance to shipowners, ports and government authorities, BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)…


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Maritime Asia as the Foundation of a New Economic Era

by Ambassador Carlos C. Salinas Philippine Ambassador to Spain, Chairman and CEO, Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc. and Chairman, Filipino Shipowners’ Association (Speech delivered during the 11th LSM Manning & Training Conference, November 18, 2010) In the aftermath of the global financial crisis observers note that the center of gravity of the world economy has shifted to the Asian hemisphere. The…