China Classification Society

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The Round Table of international shipping
associations

• China Classification Society
• 50th Anniversary Meeting
• Beijing
• 28 July 2006
• ROUND TABLE PRESENTATION

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The Round Table of international shipping
associations

• The ROUND TABLE of international shipping
  associations
• BIMCO
• International Chamber of Shipping
• (International Shipping Federation)
• INTERCARGO
• INTERTANKO

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The Round Table of international shipping
associations

• Round Table Strategy
• Mission
• To work together to serve, represent and
  advance the international shipping industry
• Vision
• A responsible and respected international
  shipping industry meeting the expectations of its
  stakeholders

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The Round Table of international shipping
associations

• Examples of Round Table cooperation
• Joint submissions to IMO
• Common positions with respect to EU and other
  regional issues
• Establishment and use of INTERGROUP as formal
  stakeholder interface with EU Parliament joint
  contacts with Commission, Council and EMSA
• Tripartite meetings of owners, builders and class
  (No.5 in 2006 in Seoul)
• Flag State guidelines (updated)
• Industry guidance on the use of Oily Water
  Separators
• The image of shipping shippingfacts.com
  website, Maritime Industry Foundation et al

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The Round Table of international shipping
associations
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The ROUND TABLE
The Round Table of international shipping
associations

• Guiding Principles for the Round Table
• Maintenance of and Support for International
  Governance structure
• - Support for IMO and ILO
• - Not Regional (e.g. Brussels), Not National
  (e.g. Canada), Not local (e.g. California)
• Support for IACS
• - Promoting Confidence in and uniformity of
  Class
• Support for Uniformity of Control Measures
• - Promoting IMO Member State Audit Scheme
• - Promoting Harmonisation of Port State Control
  Regimes
• Promoting Self-Regulation in Shipping
• - Developing Industry Best Practice
• - Speaking out against Industry Failings

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The ROUND TABLE
The Round Table of international shipping
associations

• Key Industry Challenges
• Recognise Changes in societys expectations
• Spread the Good News about Shipping
• Ensure that the Industry (Asia, Europe, America)
  Pulls Together

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ICS/ISF

• International Chamber of Shipping Industrys
  trade
• association
• International Shipping Federation Maritime
  employers
• association
• National Shipowners Associations
• 51 members
• 45 countries

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ICS/ISF

• Members within Asia
• Australian Shipowners Association
• China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co.
• Hong Kong Shipowners Association
• Japanese Shipowners Association
• Korea Shipowners Association
• Filipino Shipowners Association
• Singapore Shipping Association

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ICS/ISF

• Principal Areas of Activity
• Regulatory issues, notably IMO ILO
• Legal questions (IMO, UNCLOS, UNCITRAL, etc.)
• Shipping policy issues (OECD, etc.)
• Technical publications

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BIMCO

• BIMCOs current membership
• 2.396 members in 123 countries
• 903 owners, managers and operators with a fleet
  of  550 m. DWT - 13.000 ships
• 60 of the world merchant fleet 1380
  brokers and agents
• 44 clubs, including the majority of
  International
• Group members 69 associate members

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BIMCO
BIMCOs Objectives Facilitate Shipping
Business Harmonise Commercial Shipping
Practice Promote quality, safety and
security  
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BIMCO

• BIMCOs Core Activities
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•  Information
•  Documentation
•  Education
•  Argumentation

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BIMCO

• BIMCO in China
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• 28 members - 18 owners
• 26 m. DWT - 626 ships
• First member in 1986. General Meeting Beijing
  2001
• Captain Wei Jiafu member of  Executive Committee
  5/99 to 11/03
• Mr Xu Lirong, COSCON Shanghai member of Board of
  Directors
• from 05/01
• Mr Song Chunfeng of COSCO Beijing member of 
  Documentary
• Committee
• Mr Zhang Ming, COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co.
  member of
• Standard Newbuilding Contract Committee

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Current Shipping Issues

• Ship Recycling
• Availability of Trained Seafarers
  Internationally

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Current Shipping Issues Industry Response and
Actions

• Ship Recycling
• - Support for IMO Convention
• - Development of Interim Strategy
• Availability of Trained Seafarers
  Internationally
• Of special importance are measures to
• provide for the greater availability of Chinese
• Officers for International Shipping

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INTERCARGO

• - The International Association of Dry Cargo
  Shipowners
• Direct entry organisation
• Specialising in Bulk Carrier issues
• Established by Antony Chandris in 1980
• Promotion of Safety, Quality, Efficiency and
  Profitability

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INTERCARGO

• - 127 Full and Associate Members
• 800 bulk carriers over 10,000 dwt
• Inclusive of Operators as full members

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INTERCARGO

• Mission
• The sole international shipowners association
  wholly dedicated to the needs of the dry cargo
  industry. Providing leadership and authority, it
  is a forum for the shipping community to discuss
  issues of mutual interest and acts as a platform
  for the proper development of the dry cargo
  sector

Vision A safe, efficient and environmentally
friendly dry cargo maritime transport industry
where its members ships serve world trade
operating competitively, safely and profitably
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INTERCARGO

• Managed by
• Management Committee of Chairman/two Vice-
  Chairmen/Sec General
• Executive Committee
• AGM
• CASTEC Safety, Technical and Environmental
  Committee
• Plus other Committees/Panels/Working Groups

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INTERCARGO serving Chinese members

• 12 members in China
• 6 Excomm members
• 4 CASTEC members
• Excomm MeetingsShanghai, April 2004
• Hong Kong, June 2005
• Special relationships
• - COSCO RD
• - DMU and SMU
• - China Shipping Summit 2005 2006
• - Tripartite Meetings

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Current Bulk Carrier Issues

• Cargo Safety
• DRI
• Design of Bulk Carriers
• - Common Structural Rules
• Structural Safety
• Loading speed
• Casualties and the trend

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Current Bulk Carrier Issues Industry Response and
Actions

• Cargo Safety
• Co-sponsor with Marshall Islands at IMO on DRI
  Fines
• Design of Bulk Carriers
• - Close involvement with IACS on CSRs
• Structural Safety
• - Model testing on stress and bending
  moments due to high loading speeds
• - Casualty Analysis focused on Human
  Element

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Other INTERCARGO ISSUES

• Criminalisation
• Cost/Benefit of Environmental legislation
• Port State Control
• Stowaways

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INTERTANKO

• Represents responsible oil and chemical tanker
  owners worldwide, promoting their interests and
  providing members with technical, operational,
  legal, documentary and other support services,
  information and advice.
• 250 members representing gt 80 of the
  independent oil tanker fleet and gt 85 of the
  chemical carrier fleet, with strict membership
  criteria
• 300 associate members in oil and chemical
  tanker related businesses
• 15 Committees - 4 Regional Panels
• Representative Offices in Europe, US and Asia
• 8 Chinese members 7 tanker companies and CCS

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INTERTANKO
MISSION Provide leadership to the Tanker
Industry in serving the world with the safe,
environmentally sound and efficient seaborne
transportation of oil, gas and chemical
products. VISION FOR THE TANKER INDUSTRY A
responsible, sustainable and respected Tanker
Industry, committed to continuous improvement and
constructively influencing its future.
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INTERTANKO

• One of the Associations primary goals
• Lead the continuous improvement of the Tanker
  Industrys performance in striving to achieve the
  goals of
• Zero fatalities
• Zero pollution
• Zero detentions

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Current Tanker Issues

• Societys increasing expectations of shipping
  industry, moving to zero tolerance for pollution
• oil in to the water, invasive species in ballast
  water, air emissions and more
• - increasing tendency to criminalise seafarers
  and others, even for accidental pollution

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Current Tanker Issues Industry Response and
Actions

• Societys increasing expectations of shipping
  industry, moving to zero tolerance for pollution
• Developing and disseminating guidance on oily
  water separators, ballast water management, etc.
• Reviewing possible revisions to MARPOL Annex VI,
  striving for international consistency on air
  emission regulations

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Current Tanker Issues Industry Response and
Actions

• Increasing tendency to criminalise seafarers and
  others, even for accidental pollution
• - Striving to uphold international law and
  speaking out against criminalisation and unfair
  treatment of seafarers

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The Round Table of international shipping
associations

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• www.marisec.org
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• www.intertanko.com
• www.shippingfacts.com
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