INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION MARITIME KNOWLEDGE CENTRE (MKC) “Sharing Maritime Knowledge” CURRENT AWARENESS BULLETIN MARCH 2019 www.imo.org Maritime Knowledge Centre (MKC) [email protected] www d Maritime Knowledge Centre (MKC) About the MKC Current Awareness Bulletin (CAB) The aim of the MKC Current Awareness Bulletin (CAB) is to provide a digest of news and publications focusing on key subjects and themes related to the work of IMO. Each CAB issue presents headlines from the previous month. For copyright reasons, the Current Awareness Bulletin (CAB) contains brief excerpts only. Links to the complete articles or abstracts on publishers' sites are included, although access may require payment or subscription. The MKC Current Awareness Bulletin is disseminated monthly and issues from the current and the past years are free to download from this page. 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Table of Contents IMO NEWS & EVENTS ............................................................................................................................ 2 UNITED NATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 3 CASUALTIES............................................................................................................................................ 4 ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 10 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ........................................................................................................... 12 HEALTH & SAFETY ............................................................................................................................... 13 IMO ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 LAW & POLICY....................................................................................................................................... 16 MARINE TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................................ 22 MARITIME EDUCATION & TRAINING .................................................................................................. 24 MARITIME SAFETY ............................................................................................................................... 26 MARITIME SECURITY ........................................................................................................................... 28 MIGRANTS ............................................................................................................................................. 29 NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATIONS.................................................................................................... 31 PIRACY ................................................................................................................................................... 32 PORT STATE CONTROL ....................................................................................................................... 32 PORTS & HARBOURS ........................................................................................................................... 33 REGULATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 34 SALVAGE ............................................................................................................................................... 37 SEAFARERS .......................................................................................................................................... 37 SEARCH & RESCUE ............................................................................................................................. 40 SHIP RECYCLING ................................................................................................................................. 41 SHIPBUILDING & SHIPREPAIR ............................................................................................................ 42 SHIPPING ............................................................................................................................................... 42 RESEARCH ............................................................................................................................................ 51 CURRENT AWARENESS BULLETIN | Vol. XXXI | No. 3 | March 2018 1 Maritime Knowledge Centre (MKC) IMO NEWS & EVENTS WHAT’S NEW Precautionary approach over marine geoengineering solutions for climate change Adding iron or other nutrients into the oceans to enhance natural processes to draw carbon from the atmosphere and creating foams which float on the surface of the sea to reflect sunlight back into the atmosphere are among a wide range of geoengineering practices which have been put forward as potential tools for countering climate change. But, in a new report, marine and social scientists are urging a precautionary approach towards these techniques which involve deliberate large-scale manipulation of the environment. The report, published by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), a body that advises the United Nations system on the scientific aspects of marine environmental protection, says that a coordinated framework for proposing and assessing marine geoengineering activities should be developed. More… IMO MEETINGS FOR 2019 Legal Committee (LEG), 106th session 27-29 March 2019 Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE), 6th session 4-8 March 2019 LATEST PRESS BRIEFINGS GloFouling project kicks off to protect marine biodiversity Briefing: 05, March 22, 2019 RECENT SPEECHES BY IMO SECRETARY-GENERAL KITACK LIM Legal Committee (LEG), 106th session 27-29 March 2019 (Opening Speech) European Community Shipowners Association seminar, Brussels, Belgium, 7 March 2019 (Opening Remarks) 10th IPTA-Navigate Chemical and Product Tanker Conference, London, 5 March 2019 IMO NEWS MAGAZINE (Winter 2018) IMO PUBLISHING Just Published 2019 March 2019 Newsletter CURRENT AWARENESS BULLETIN | Vol. XXXI | No. 3 | March 2018 2 Maritime Knowledge Centre (MKC) UNITED NATIONS World Wildlife Day 3 March - Life below water : for people and planet. World Wildlife Day. 2019. Available from: https://www.wildlifeday.org/ On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March, the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world's wild animals and plants. Life below water matters. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). 28 February 2019. Available from: https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2001 For the first time, World Wildlife Day focuses on the grave threats facing our oceans and life under the surface, on which billions of families around the world depend. UN celebrates marine species for World Wildlife Day with moving pictures. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). 1 March 2019. Available from: https://www.cites.org/eng/news/UN-celebrates-marine-species-for-World-Wildlife- Day-with-moving-pictures_01032019 Jackson Hole WILD, the CITES Secretariat and UNDP announced today the winners of the World Wildlife Day 2019 Living Oceans Showcase. Work-related gender gaps persist but solutions are clear - new ILO report. International Labour Organization (ILO). 7 March 2019. Available from: https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the- ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_674816/lang--en/index.htm Work-related gender gaps have not seen any meaningful improvement for 20 years, but a new ILO report says that the path to progress is clear. A quantum leap for gender equality: For a better future of work for all A quantum leap for gender equality Women's empowerment 'essential to global progress' says Guterres, marking International Day. UN News. 8 March 2019. Available from: https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/03/1034241 Women's empowerment and gender equality are "essential to global progress", United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stressed in his message for International Women's Day which this year puts "innovation by women and girls, for women and girls", at the heart of efforts to achieve gender equality. World leaders gather at UN's top environmental body to ramp up solutions for sustainable economies. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 10 March 2019. Available from: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/world-leaders-gather-uns-top- environmental-body-ramp-solutions Over 4,700 people gather to consider new policies, technologies and innovative solutions for achieving sustainable consumption and production. Annual UN women activists' summit opens with focus on services, infrastructure. UN News. 11 March 2019. Available from: https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/03/1034441 Addressing the 63rd session