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Political Forum report

Helle Hammer, Managing Director Cefor / PF Chair

MEMBERS

Helle Hammer (Chair) Nordic - Cefor

Jens Jaeger Germany

Dave Matcham UK – IUA

Håkan Nyström Sweden

Neil Roberts UK - LMA

Eric De Smet Belgium

Dieter Berg IUMI President

Lars Lange IUMI Secretary General

Nicholas Gooding IUMI Alternate Liaison Officer @ IMO

Hendrike Kühl (Secretary) IUMI Policy Director

OTHER RESOURCES

Salvage Forum

Technical Committees

Secretaries / Member associations

MARITIME INDUSTRY

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POLITICS & REGULATION

ACTIVITIES

Security

Cargo theft (meetings)

Cyber risk – industry guidelines

Immigration (UK consultation)

Maritime security & piracy (position paper)

Picture: European Union Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta

ARE NAVAL FORCES STILL

NECESSARY IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

HIGH RISK AREA?

1. Yes

2. No

3. It depends

ACTIVITIES

Security

Cargo theft (position paper)

Cyber risk – industry guidelines

Immigration (UK consultation)

Maritime security & piracy (position

paper)

Msc framework

YAR 2016 – GA (press release)

Sanctions - JCPOA

Maritime Safety

Cat fines & low sulphur fuels (position

paper)

Loss of ship records (position paper)

Places of Refuge – EU guidelines

IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC)

IMO MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE (MSC)

Arctic sailings

Ice regime POLARIS

Non-Convention vessels

Fire safety/protection & life-saving

appliances and arrangements

Safety RoRo vessels / car carriers

Fires roro decks of passenger ships

Costa Concordia follow-up

Liquefaction (bauxite)

Fatigue

Container vessels

Weight / misdeclaration

THE NEW IMO CONTAINER WEIGHT

REQUIREMENT WILL

1. Increase safety

2. Have little impact as misdeclaration of

contents remain a larger risk

3. Be regularly breached

4. Disrupt trade and accumulate risk in ports

5. Too early to tell

GOING FORWARD

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