IMO approves further interim guidance on privately contracted armed security personnel

16/09/2011IMO approves further interim guidance on privately contracted armed security personnel Intersessional meeting of the Maritime Security and Piracy Working Group of the Maritime Safety Committee, 13-15 September 2011 Further interim guidance on the use of privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) on board ships to counter Somali-based piracy has been approved by an IMO […]

Palau is 170th IMO Member State

12/09/2011Palau is 170th IMO Member State The Republic of Palau has become the latest Member of IMO, following the deposit, on 8 September 2011, of an instrument of acceptance of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, as amended, with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. With the acceptance of the Convention by Palau, the […]