In March 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will celebrate 70 years since the Convention establishing the Organization was adopted.
IMO is a specialised agency of the United Nations, which is responsible for developing measures to improve the safety and security of international shipping and to prevent pollution from ships. IMO was established by means of a Convention adopted under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva on 17 March 1948 and met for the first time in January 1959. The IMO’s objectives can be best summed up by its slogan: Safe, secure and efficient shipping on clean oceans.