Wednesday 19th September 2012

“IUMI’s Work @IMO (2012)”

By Andrew M Higgs

IUMI Alternate Liaison Officer @IMO

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INTRODUCTION

Passenger Ships in the wake of the COSTA CONCORDIA Casualty – design, stability & buoyancy.

Piracy in High Risk Sea Areas @IMO.

UNSCRs & Targetted Economic Sanctions for IUMI.

EU and European regulatory issues for IUMI.

A Definition of a “Ship” for IMO & IOPC?

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M/S “COSTA

CONCORDIA” – January

2012

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“COSTA CONCORDIA”- design,

stability/buoyancy of Passenger

Ships

A. NAVIGATION

1. Competent and professional Seafarers.

2. ECDIS, and Electronic Charts generally.

B. DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

3. Intact and/or Damaged Stability Criteria.

4. Complex design issues for naval architects.

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PIRACY & Armed Robbery in

“High Risk Sea Areas”

1. IMO’s MSC “Maritime Safety Guidelines” for Shipowners, Ship Operators and Ship Masters. [IMODOCS “MSC.1/Circ.1405/Rev. 1” (2011)], and “BMP 4” (2011)

2. ICC/IMB’s recommendations and published key statistics (2011).

3. BIMCO’s newly published “Guardcon” Agreement (2012).

4. ISO’s draft recommendations to IMO for licencing of PSCs, PCASGs etc by flag State Administrations .

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UNSC Targetted

Economic Sanctions

Regimes (2012)

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UNSCR’s Targetted Sanctions’

Regimes

In view of current uncertainties, there is an

urgent need:-

To co-ordinate the policy position of IUMI.

To review and study all relevant wordings.

To seek key clarifications on behalf of IUMI.

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European and EU Regulations

Piracy/Armed Robbery in High Risk Sea Areas.

UNSCRs & Targetted Economic Sanctions.

Insurance Europe, and the International Federation of Insurance Associations.

Standardisation of Exchange Format in Marine and Transport Insurance.

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Key Observations on the EU

1. IGOs,regional/national political priorities differ.

2. UNSC Resolutions, IMO Guidelines & EU Directives can sometimes be in conflict, and can be either inconsistent and/or unclear.

3. EU Member States can act more cohesively and more quickly (than the UN and/or IMO) on areas of EU authority or “competence”...

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A broad definition of a “ship” ?

1. Any ship, seagoing vessel, construction or structure [whatsoever] that is:-

2. Man-made, and designed to be

3(a) Capable of floating in, on, over or under water and

3.(b) Capable of being manned and operated [by persons on board], and

4. Which is not attached, fixed or otherwise permanently secured, to the seabed or shoreline.

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Thor Heyerdahl’s ship –

The “KON TIKI”

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Thor Heyerdahl’s ship -

The “RA”

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Compass Points References

To support IMO, BIMCO, ICC/IMB and ISO in all matters relating to Piracy in High Risk Sea Areas.

To lobby EU, and European flag States, on key issues affecting IUMI members under UNSCRs.

To assist IMO and their Casualty Statistics”:- (a) Total Losses (including both ATL & CTL?)

(b) Ship-types of EQUASIS/EMSA, and Paris MoU.

(c) Fatalities of seafarers, crew and passengers.

To continue carefully to watch responses to the reports published by the Italian Coast Guard at IMO.

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NASA’s world at night

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One Final Thought ?

“It is far better to light a candle; than to curse the darkness....”

[Confucious]

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