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 Bulk Carrier - Improving Cargo Safety Bulk Carrier - Improving Cargo Safety
 Fishing Vessels Safety Fishing Vessels Safety
 General Cargo Ships and Safety General Cargo Ships and Safety
 Implementation, Control and Coordination Implementation, Control and Coordination
 Maritime Incidents Maritime Incidents
 Maritime Security Maritime Security
 Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea
 Places of Refuge Places of Refuge
 SOLAS Convention SOLAS Convention
 The History of Safety at Sea The History of Safety at Sea
 Transport of Dangerous Goods Transport of Dangerous Goods
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 ID# : 2412
 Visits: 20998
 Added: 01-Jan-2000
 Updated: 13-Sep-2011
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 IMO Maritime Knowledge Centre
 WMO
 John Everett
 Frances B. Michaelis
 KO Overview
 ID# : 18285
 Visits: 7119
 Added: 01-Jan-2000
 Updated: 15-Sep-2011
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International Maritime Organization
Safety at Sea
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Safe, Secure and Efficient Shipping on Clean Oceans
 
IMO's first task when it came into being in 1959 was to adopt a new version of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the most important of all treaties dealing with maritime safety. IMO has also developed and adopted international collision regulations and global standards for seafarers, as well as international conventions and codes relating to search and rescue, the facilitation of international maritime traffic, load lines, the carriage of dangerous goods and tonnage measurement.   See More...
 
 
 
 
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TitleInternational Maritime Organization  ( Institutional Contact )
Short Institution Name IMO
DescriptionThe purposes of the Organization, as summarized by Article 1 (a) of the Convention, are "to provide machinery for co- operation among Governments in the field of governmental regulation and practices relating to technical matters of all kinds affecting shipping engaged in international trade; to encourage and facilitate the general adoption of the highest practicable standards in matters concerning maritime safety, efficiency of navigation and prevention and control of marine pollution from ships". The Organization is also empowered to deal with administrative and legal matters related to these purposes. The Organization has over 160 Member States and two Associate Members.
Keywords MARINE TRANSPORTATION; MARITIME TRANSPORT; PIRACY; MARITIME SECURITY; SAFETY REGULATIONS; MARINE POLLUTION; MARITIME LEGISLATION; NAVIGATION REGULATIONS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; MERCHANT SHIPS; MARITIME ACCIDENTS; SEARCH AND RESCUE; SHIPPING; OCEAN DUMPING; CASUALTIES; STOWAWAYS
Type of Institution Non-governmental organization
Address
4 Albert Embankment
London   
United Kingdom   SE1 7SR
Telephone+44 (0)20 7735 7611
Fax+44 (0)20 7587 3210
Email
Web Address (URL)http://www.imo.org
Photograph1315576375613_IMO_logo.jpg
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