2019–2020 Annual Review

INTERCARGO | www.intercargo.org | [email protected] ANNUAL REVIEW Contents

3 Message from the Chairman 5 Foreword by the Secretary General 6 INTERCARGO’s Μission 8 Industry Topics 9 INTERCARGO’s working programme 10 Presence at IMO 11 Crew Change tops the industry’s agenda under COVID-19 12 Safe carriage of cargoes & investigation of incidents 13 2020 Global Sulphur Limit implementation 14 Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from ships 15 Ballast Water Management 16 Piracy 17 Cyber Risks 18 A dry bulk sector quality self-assessment scheme 19 Media Releases 20 Publications 22 INTERCARGO’s Organisation & Management 23 The Annual General Meeting (AGM) 24 The Executive Committee (ExCom) 27 The Technical Committee (TechCom) 28 The Management Committee (ManCom) 30 Meetings 31 Secretariat 32 Membership 32 Quality & Operational Excellence 34 Fleet & Performance 36 Membership Directory 38 Benefits to Members 40 Becoming a Member ANNUAL REVIEW

“INTERCARGO’s“2020 is the three most reference pillars of safety, efficiency, andchallenging environmental year soundness, in togetherdecades with but our INTERCARGO constant aim for 'qualityis here, & operationalstronger excellence' remain more relevant than ever.” than ever to serve its members” Message from the Chairman

What a year 2020 has been so far! dates of their contracts, exhibiting extraordi- nary discipline and professionalism. January ushered in the widespread, but not worldwide, availability of Low Sulphur Fuel Oil INTERCARGO members have been at the fore- for ships’ bunkers. INTERCARGO joined with front of the efforts to return our seafarers home other international shipping organisations in to their families and replace them with qualified, assisting our industry to make this challenging healthy replacement crew. Our members have transition successfully, focusing on the issues assured us that these efforts will not cease. of safety, quality and availability as primary Despite the unprecedented challenges facing concerns for operators in the dry bulk sector. shipping in 2020, bulk carrier owners continue To support this transition, INTERCARGO to face a variety of environmental challenges worked alongside ICS, INTERTANKO and BIM- and rapid technological developments. They CO to develop and implement a detailed sur- must deal with these and yet continue to serve vey aimed at evaluating the introduction of the the needs of world seaborne trade. new fuels. Despite the survey being overshad- There is no doubt that dry bulk shipping should owed by worldwide events, the results indicat- be proud of the fact that it has been provid- ed that quality and safety problems will con- ing efficient and environmentally sustainable tinue to be a challenge for the global shipping services, which are essential in meeting the industry. It is planned to carry out a follow-up world’s transportation requirements for basic on this research in the next few months. goods: grains, coal, iron ore, bauxite and oth- Greater challenges were yet to come with the er bulk cargoes. These commodities are the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which building blocks of the world’s economies. rocked the nations of the world and led to deep, Dry bulk shipping is the largest sector of inter- soul-searching questions being posed to gov- national shipping in both the number of ships ernments, economies and shipping itself. and deadweight. Many studies have confirmed The resultant prohibition of sign-on and sign-off that it is the most efficient and greenhouse gas of our most important asset, our seafarers, has (GHG) friendly transport mode. become the primary obstacle for a quality bulk The ongoing INTERCARGO work programme, carrier ship owner or operator to overcome. described in this review, has been shaped by Despite international efforts through the In- our members, and aims to both support and ternational Maritime Organization (IMO), dia- lead the sector into the future, prepared to face logue with the International Transport Wor