INTERNATIONAL Marine News
InterManager issues call for industry-wide accident reporting
IMO Council steps up action on transparency and access to information
The IMO Council has decided to live-stream its plenary meetings and make its documents accessible to the public, in a bid to boost transparency in the Organization.
Meeting in London from 8 to 12 July for its 132nd session, the Council took a series of decisions to modernise its approach and operations.
These include: - Live-streaming plenary sessions of Council - Releasing Council documents and summaries of decisions to the public
Captain Kuba Szymanski, InterManager Secretary General Accidents onboard ships are not decreasing, according to latest accident statistics submitted to the International Maritime Organization by InterManager.
The Association says the number of seafarers injured in falls has remained fairly consistent year on year, as has the number of injuries resulting from rescue and survival craft accidents. However, the Association warns that the casualty rate for enclosed space accidents has almost doubled. InterManager has submitted its figures, which span several decades, to the 10th session of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments which took place from 22nd to 26th July in London.
The Association’s submission provides information and analysis in support of InterManager’s information documents on enclosed space accidents (ranging from 1996 to 1 May 2024), fall accidents (from 2012 to 1 May 2024), and accidents involving rescue and survival craft (from 1980 to 1 May 2024).
InterManager notes there remains a significant lag between accident occurrence, its investigation, and the report being uploaded into the Marine Casualties and Incidents (MCI) module of the Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS).
“It would be markedly beneficial to all analyses if this unwelcome lag could be decreased, or indeed eliminated,” said InterManager.
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- Permanently establishing hybrid capabilities to enable for virtual and in-person participation in meetings
- Enhancing multilingualism through a Strategic Framework for Multilingualism
The Council noted the ongoing progress on upgrading and improving the IMO’s Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS). GISIS is a comprehensive online hub for the collection, processing and sharing of shipping-related data.
“My efforts continue on the modernisation and transparency of IMO,” said Secretary-General Mr. Arsenio Dominguez.
“I will continue to seek efficiencies, from restructuring, to the best use of our financial assets, recruitment and the building facilities, to name a few, while I invest in those who make all these possible - the professional staff of the Secretariat.”
The Council is the executive organ of IMO and is responsible, under the Assembly, for supervising the work of the Organization. The Council is made up of 40 member states, elected by the Assembly for two-year terms. The session was chaired by Victor Jimenez Fernandez of Spain, supported by Amane Fethallah of Morocco as Vice-Chair.
Sailing vessel sunk by orcas
A sailing vessel off Gibraltar has become the first this year to be sunk by orcas that have been targeting boats in the area since 2020. Crew members of the Alboran Cognac boat called rescue services for help saying that their boat had been damaged by orcas 14 miles from Cape Spartel, at the southern entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, in Moroccan waters.
The sailors said they had felt hits on the hull, before their rudder was damaged and they noticed a leak threatening to sink their 50ft boat, local outlet El Pais reports. The crew were swiftly rescued by a nearby oil tanker, but the yacht drifted off and sank following the orca attack.
OceanCare has said the recent attack on the 15m Alboran Cognac near the Strait of Gibraltar was not an act of revenge but likely play behaviour. The boat sank in the southern entrance to the strait after being damaged by orcas. The crew were safely rescued. This is the latest in a series of incidents in recent years where individuals from this particularly endangered population of orcas have damaged or lost vessels.
THE REPORT | SEP 2024 | ISSUE 109 | 9
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