IFSMA Newsletter Number 72, January 2024. The Shipmasters' International Voice

Contents

Secretary General’s Message 2

From the News Editor 3

The IMO Digest 4

IMO and African SAR 4

Capacity building and managing risks of biofouling 5

IMO-Singapore Single Window for Facilitation of Trade

(SWIFT) project. 5

New IMO SG confirmed 6

IMO at COP 28 7

IMO elects new Council 8

IMO International Maritime Prize 9

IMO-Republic of Korea Sustainable Maritime Transport

Cooperation (SMART-C) Programme 10

Training seafarers for a decarbonised future 11

IMO Assembly 33rd session 27 November - 6 December

2023 12

IMO bids farewell to Secretary-General Kitack Lim 13

To improve Polar Code training 14

EMSA - Annual Overview of Marine Casualties and Incidents

15

AI set the tone at Europort 16

Record draft at Port of Felixstowe 17

IUMI Statistics 17

NATO’s Naval Alliance in action 19

Southern Ocean - MPV Everest engine room fire 20

The lifeboat market 21

Operation Deep Freeze 22

ASGARD: The ultimate response to maritime spoofing

attacks 23

Red Sea risks rising rapidly 24

Understanding seafarer roster patterns and fatigue on

vessels 24

USCG security boarding 25

Maersk’s Asia - Europe trade lane 26

Auckland Transport’s innovative electric ferries 27

InterManager: Deaths in enclosed spaces must be

prevented 28

Comprehensive education by Michael Grey 29

Ghana Ports & Harbours news 30

Threats to shipping 31

Australia’s strategic fleet 32