IMO CODE UPDATE
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLGOVERNMENTS worldwide are scrambling to certify their international shipping and ports as compliant with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) security code, which comes into force on July 1. Figures released today (16/06) by the UN agency show that for the main flag states, 28.7 per cent of 21,374 ships now surveyed have had their security measures certified, up from 9.2 per cent on May 17 (for 20,722 ships). The 39 governments responding to this IMO survey represent 83.6 per cent of world merchant shipping by gross tonnage and 67.4 per ...
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