IMO Secretary-General arrives in St. Petersburg to attend IACS Council session
The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Koji Sekimizu arrived in St. Petersburg at the invitation of the Russian Ministry of Transport, the PortNews correspondent reports.
Mr. Sekimidzu will be participating in the 65th session of the Council of International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). The IMO head will also have a meeting with Deputy Minister of Transport Viktor Olersky and a discussion at the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping on the development the Polar Code.
Tomorrow at noon IMO Secretary General will fire a ceremonial cannon shot on the Naryshkin bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
IMO – the International Maritime Organization – is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships.
International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) was founded on September 11, 1968 in Hamburg, Germany to promote the improvement of standards of safety of life at sea, pollution prevention, consultation and cooperation with relevant international and maritime organizations. More than 90% of the world's cargo carrying tonnage is covered by the classification design, construction and through-life compliance Rules and standards set by the thirteen Member Societies of IACS
IACS unites 10 leading classification societies: American Bureau of Shipping (ABS); Bureau Veritas (BV); China Classification Society (ZC); Det Norske Veritas (DNV); Germanischer Lloyd-J (GL); Korean Register of Shipping (KR); Lloyd's Register of Shipping (LR); Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK); Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) and Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS).