5.I IMO/ILO ETC.

PURPOSE AND FUCTIONS

1) .IMO: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION

• SHIPPING IS PERHAPS THE MOST INTERNATIONAL OF ALL THE WORLD'S GREAT

INDUSTRIES - AND ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THE BEST WAY OF
IMPROVING SAFETY AT SEA IS BY DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS THAT
ARE FOLLOWED BY ALL SHIPPING NATIONS.

• IMO'S FIRST TASK WHEN IT CAME INTO BEING IN 1959 WAS TO ADOPT A NEW
VERSION OF THE SOLAS, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL TREATIES DEALING WITH
MARITIME SAFETY.. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN RECOGNIZED THAT

• 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.

• IN OTHER WORDS

• IMO'S MAIN TASK HAS BEEN TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR SHIPPING RELATED TO SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCERNS, LEGAL MATTERS, TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION, MARITIME SECURITY AND
THE EFFICIENCY OF SHIPPING.

• IMO CONVENTIONS•

• A. MARITIME SAFETY

• B. MARINE POLLUTION

• C. LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION

• D.OTHERS

2) .ILO: INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION

• A UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED AGENCY

• SEEKS SOCIAL JUSTICE

• SEEKS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN AND LABOUR RIGHTS

• HEADQUARTERS ARE AT GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.

• THE ILO IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING DECENT WORK AND LIVELIHOODS, JOB-
RELATED SECURITY AND BETTER LIVING STANDARDS TO THE PEOPLE OF BOTH POOR
AND RICH COUNTRIES. IT HELPS TO ATTAIN THOSE GOALS BY PROMOTING RIGHTS AT
WORK, ENCOURAGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECENT EMPLOYMENT, ENHANCING
SOCIAL PROTECTION AND STRENGTHENING DIALOGUE ON WORK-RELATED ISSUES.

• THE ILO FORMULATES INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS IN THE FORM OF

CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SETTING MINIMUM STANDARDS OF BASIC
LABOUR RIGHTS: FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION, THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE, COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING, ABOLITION OF FORCED LABOUR, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND
TREATMENT AND OTHER STANDARDS ADDRESSING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
SPECTRUM OF WORK-RELATED ISSUES.

3).WHO: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

• A UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED AGENCY

• PURPOSES

• WHO'S MAIN FUNCTIONS CAN BE SUMMED UP AS FOLLOWS: TO ACT AS A

DIRECTING AND COORDINATING AUTHORITY ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH WORK, TO
ENSURE VALID AND PRODUCTIVE TECHNICAL COOPERATION, AND TO PROMOTE
RESEARCH.

• THE OBJECTIVE OF WHO IS THE ATTAINMENT BY ALL PEOPLES OF THE HIGHEST

POSSIBLE LEVEL OF HEALTH. HEALTH, AS DEFINED IN THE WHO CONSTITUTION, IS A
STATE OF COMPLETE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING AND NOT MERELY
THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE OR INFIRMITY

• ACTS AS A COORDINATING AUTHORITY ON INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC

HEALTH

4) .ISF: INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING FEDERATION

• THE INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYERS’ ORGANIZATION OF SHIP OPERATORS

• HEADQUARTERS ARE AT LONDON, U.K.

• ABOUT ISF

• ISF IS THE PRINCIPAL INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYERS’ ORGANISATION FOR

SHIPOWNERS, WHOSE MEMBERSHIP COMPRISES NATIONAL SHIPOWNER AND
EMPLOYER ASSOCIATIONS, THROUGH WHICH STRUCTURE IT CAN UNIQUELY AND
LEGITIMATELY CLAIM TO SPEAK FOR A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF EMPLOYERS IN
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING.
• PURPOSE

• THE AIM OF ISF IS TO PROMOTE AND REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF

SHIPOWNERS AND OPERATORS IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO LABOUR AFFAIRS,
MANNING AND TRAINING, AND SEAFARERS’ WELFARE, WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL
SHIPPING INDUSTRY. ITS ROLE OF SOCIAL PARTNER AT ILO GIVES IT A SPECIFIC
PLATFORM TO UNDERTAKE THESE ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF THE INDUSTRY.

5) .IACS: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES

CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES: CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT

ESTABLISH AND APPLY TECHNICAL STANDARDS IN RELATION TO THE DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEY OF MARINE RELATED FACILITIES INCLUDING SHIPS AND
OFFSHORE STRUCTURES.

A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION IN THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY,

A CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY ESTABLISHES AND MAINTAINS TECHNICAL
STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF MARINE VESSELS AND
OFFSHORE STRUCTURES. THE PRIMARY ROLE OF THE SOCIETY IS TO CLASSIFY SHIPS
AND VALIDATE THAT THEIR DESIGN AND CALCULATIONS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PUBLISHED STANDARDS. IT ALSO CARRIES OUT PERIODICAL SURVEY OF SHIPS TO
ENSURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO MEET THE PARAMETERS OF SET STANDARDS. THE
SOCIETY IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR CLASSIFICATION OF ALL OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
INCLUDING PLATFORMS

• FLAG STATES MAINTAIN A SHIP REGISTER IN WHICH ALL SHIPS THAT SAIL UNDER
THEIR FLAG NEED TO BE REGISTERED. CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES ARE LICENSED BY
FLAG STATES TO SURVEY AND CLASSIFY SHIPS AND ISSUE CERTIFICATES ON THEIR
BEHALF. THEY CLASSIFY AND CERTIFY MARINE VESSELS AND STRUCTURES ON THE
BASIS OF THEIR STRUCTURE, DESIGN AND SAFETY STANDARDS.

• THIRTEEN LARGEST MARINE CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES IN THE WORLD ARE THE

MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES
(IACS).

IN OTHER WORDS WE CAN SUMMERIZE AS FOLLOWS

• CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ESTABLISH AND APPLY

TECHNICAL STANDARDS IN RELATION TO THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEY
OF MARINE RELATED FACILITIES INCLUDING SHIPS AND OFFSHORE STRUCTURES. THE
VAST MAJORITY OF SHIPS ARE BUILT AND SURVEYED TO THE STANDARDS LAID DOWN
BY CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES. THESE STANDARDS ARE ISSUED BY THE
CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY AS PUBLISHED RULES. A VESSEL THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED
AND BUILT TO THE APPROPRIATE RULES OF A SOCIETY MAY APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE
OF CLASSIFICATION FROM THAT SOCIETY. THE SOCIETY ISSUES THIS CERTIFICATE
UPON COMPLETION OF RELEVANT CLASSIFICATION SURVEYS.

• 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 TEN MEMBER SOCIETIES AND ONE ASSOCIATE OF
IACS.

• IACS' TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD FLEET ENABLES IT TO MAKE A

UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING SAFETY .
• PURPOSE

• IACS IS DEDICATED TO SAFE SHIPS AND CLEAN SEAS. IT MAKES A UNIQUE

CONTRIBUTION TO MARITIME SAFETY AND REGULATION THROUGH TECHNICAL
SUPPORT, COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

6) .BIMCO: BALTIC INTERNATIONAL MARITIME COUNCIL

• WORLD’S LARGEST PRIVATE SHIPPING ORGANIZATION

• MISSION : TO PROMOTE A FIRST CLASS SERVICE TO MEMBERS THROUGH

QUALITY INFORMATION, ADVICE, DOCUMENTATION AND EFFECTIVE
INSTRUCTIONS TO PROMOTE FAIRNESS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
INDUSTRY.

• BIMCO IS THE LARGEST OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ASSOCIATIONS, WITH

A MEMBERSHIP DRAWN FROM A BROAD REPRESENTATION OF STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN
THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY, NOTABLY FROM THE SHIPOWNING COMMUNITY,
REPRESENTING 640 MILLION DWT OR ABOUT 65% OF MERCHANT SHIPPING. WITH A
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF APPROXIMATELY 2,600 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS FROM 123
COUNTRIES, COMPOSED OF SHIPOWNERS, SHIPBROKERS AND AGENTS AND OTHER
ENTITIES WITH AN INTEREST IN OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE MARITIME INDUSTRIES,

• FUNCTIONS OR OBJECTIVES

• A) TO UNITE SHIPOWNERS AND OTHER PERSONS AND ORGANISATIONS

CONNECTED WITH THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY IN ORDER TO CONSIDER, AND IF
EXPEDIENT, TAKE ACTION ON ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY;

• B) TO COMMUNICATE TO MEMBERS ANY USEFUL INFORMATION WHICH MAY

COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF BIMCO AS WELL AS INSTANCES OF UNFAIR CHARGES
AND CLAIMS, FREIGHT SPECULATION, OBJECTIONABLE CHARTER PARTIES AND OTHER
PRACTICES;
• C) TO PREPARE AND IMPROVE CHARTER PARTIES AND OTHER SHIPPING
DOCUMENTS AND TO DO SO WHENEVER POSSIBLE BY MEANS OF FRIENDLY
NEGOTIATION WITH CHARTERERS, SHIPPERS, MERCHANTS, RECEIVERS, SHIPOWNERS,
SHIPBROKERS AND OTHERS CONNECTED WITH THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY OR WITH
ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTING ANY SUCH PERSONS AND TO EXHAUST ANY
REASONABLE MEANS OF AGREEMENT BEFORE ISSUING ANY FORMS FOR USE BY THE
SHIPPING INDUSTRY;

• D) TO ISSUE AS APPROVED DOCUMENTS FOR THE USE OF THE SHIPPING

INDUSTRY, CHARTER PARTIES AND OTHER SHIPPING DOCUMENTS, AND TO ADOPT AS
APPROVED DOCUMENTS FOR THE LIKE USE, CHARTER-PARTIES AND OTHER SHIPPING
DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY SIMILAR ORGANISATIONS OR AGREED BY
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PARTIES CONCERNED;

• E) TO MEET AND/OR CORRESPOND WITH CHARTERERS, SHIPPERS, MERCHANTS,

RECEIVERS, SHIP-OWNERS, SHIPBROKERS AND OTHERS ENGAGED IN THE SHIPPING
INDUSTRY, AND WITH REPRESENTATIVES OR ORGANISATIONS OF ANY SUCH PERSONS,
AS TO ANY MATTER CONNECTED WITH THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY

• F) TO BECOME A MEMBER OF ANY ORGANISATION, COMMITTEE OR OTHER

BODY HAVING SIMILAR OBJECTIVES AS BIMCO, OR ORGANISATIONS WHICH MAY
FURTHER THE OBJECTIVES OF BIMCO;

• G) TO CO-OPERATE WITH, SUPPORT THE ACTION AND POLICY OF, AND TAKE
CONCERTED ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THE INTERESTS
OF THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY.

• H) TO ASSIST MEMBERS IN CASES OF UNFAIR TREATMENT BY GOVERNMENTS,

AUTHORITIES OR OTHER SIMILAR BODIES BY INVESTIGATING SAME, AND, WHEN
APPROPRIATE, TAKING CONCERTED ACTION;

• I) TO TAKE SUCH STEPS IN THE INTEREST OF THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY AS MAY

APPEAR DESIRABLE;

• J) GENERALLY TO TAKE ANY MEASURES CONSISTENT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THESE

RULES AND WHICH MAY APPEAR EXPEDIENT IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING
OBJECTIVES.

• HEADQUARTERS ARE AT COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

7) ICS: INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF SHIPPING

• THE VOICE OF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING

• AFFILIATED TO ISF
• HEADQUARTERS ARE AT LONDON, U.K.

ABOUT

• ICS IS THE PRINCIPAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION FOR THE SHIPPING

INDUSTRY, REPRESENTING ALL SECTORS AND TRADES AND COMPRISING NATIONAL
SHIPOWNER ASSOCIATIONS, THROUGH WHICH STRUCTURE IT CAN UNIQUELY AND
LEGITIMATELY CLAIM TO SPEAK FOR A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF INTERNATIONAL
SHIPPING.

• ICS IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT REPRESENTS THE GLOBAL INTERESTS OF ALL THE

DIFFERENT TRADES IN THE INDUSTRY: BULK CARRIER OPERATORS, TANKER
OPERATORS, PASSENGER SHIP OPERATORS AND CONTAINER LINER TRADES,
INCLUDING SHIPOWNERS AND THIRD PARTY SHIP MANAGERS.

PURPOSE

• THE AIM OF ICS IS TO ACT AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE INDUSTRY ON ISSUES OF

MARITIME AFFAIRS, SHIPPING POLICY, LEGAL AND TECHNICAL MATTERS, INCLUDING
SHIP CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT, AND TO DEVELOP
BEST PRACTICE IN THE INDUSTRY.

8) OCIMF: OIL COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL MARINE FORUM

• VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION OF OIL COMPANIES

• HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE SHIPMENT AND TERMINALIZING OF OIL CARGO.

• OCIMF WAS FORMED AT A MEETING IN LONDON ON 8TH APRIL 1970. IT WAS

INITIALLY THE OIL INDUSTRY'S RESPONSE TO INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF
MARINE POLLUTION, PARTICULARLY BY OIL, AFTER THE "TORREY CANYON" INCIDENT

• PURPOSE

• THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF OCIMF ARE THE PROMOTION OF SAFETY AND

PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM TANKERS AND AT OIL TERMINALS.

• OCIMF IS ORGANISED TO CO-ORDINATE OIL INDUSTRY VIEWS AT IMO

MEETINGS, TO REVIEW TECHNICAL PROPOSALS CIRCULATED BY IMO AND TO ADVISE
ITS MEMBERSHIP ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES AS THEY DEVELOP.

• AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE OVERALL SAFETY OF THE INDUSTRY IS

THE ROLE THAT OCIMF PLAYS IN PRODUCING TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL
GUIDELINES, EITHER BY ITSELF OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATIONS.
9).SIGTTO SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL GAS TANKERS AND TERMINAL
OPERATORS

• VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION OF GAS SHIPPING COMPANIES

• HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE SHIPMENT AND TERMINALIZING OF GAS CARGO.

• AFFILIATED TO OCIMF

PURPOSE

• THE SOCIETY IS THE INTERNATIONAL BODY ESTABLISHED FOR THE EXCHANGE OF

TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE, BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE INDUSTRY,
TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY OF GAS TANKERS AND
TERMINALS.

• TO THIS END THE SOCIETY PUBLISHES STUDIES AND PRODUCES INFORMATION

PAPERS AND WORKS OF REFERENCE FOR THE GUIDANCE OF INDUSTRY MEMBERS. IT
MAINTAINS WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER INDUSTRY BODIES,
GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING IMO, TO BETTER
PROMOTE THE SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF GAS TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE
SCHEMES.

10) THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT TANKER OWNERS

(INTERTANKO)

• IT IS A MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION FOR OWNERS OF

INDEPENDENT TANKERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED
IN ITS PRESENT GUISE IN OSLO IN 1970 TO SPEAK OUT FOR THOSE INDEPENDENT
TANKER OWNERS, I.E. NON-OIL COMPANIES AND NON-STATE CONTROLLED TANKER
OWNERS, FOR THE SAFE SHIPPING OF OIL AND CHEMICALS AND TO ACT AS A FORUM
FOR MARINE POLICY CREATION.[1] MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO THOSE OWNERS AND
OPERATORS OF OIL, GAS AND CHEMICAL TANKERS WHO FULFIL THE ASSOCIATION'S
MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA. INDEPENDENT OWNERS OPERATE A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF
THE WORLD'S TANKER FLEET AND THE VAST MAJORITY ARE INTERTANKO MEMBERS.
THE ORGANISATION HAD 250 MEMBERS, WHOSE COMBINED FLEET COMPRISES SOME
3,050 TANKERS TOTALLING 285 MILLION DWT.

• INTERTANKO IS COMMITTED TO WORKING FOR SAFE TRANSPORT, CLEANER

SEAS AND FREE COMPETITION.

• INTERTANKO'S MISSION IS TO 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.
11) INTERCARGO: THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DRY CARGO
SHIPOWNERS

• INTERCARGO IS REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF QUALITY DRY CARGO

SHIPOWNERS. INTERCARGO CONVENED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1980 IN LONDON AND
HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING WITH CONSULTATIVE STATUS AT THE INTERNATIONAL
MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) SINCE 1993.

• INTERCARGO PROVIDES THE FORUM WHERE DRY BULK SHIPOWNERS,

MANAGERS AND OPERATORS ARE INFORMED ABOUT, DISCUSS AND SHARE
CONCERNS ON KEY TOPICS AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION
TO SAFETY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. THE ASSOCIATION
TAKES FORWARD ITS MEMBERS’ POSITIONS TO THE IMO, AS WELL AS TO OTHER
SHIPPING AND INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY FORA, HAVING FREE AND FAIR
COMPETITION AS A PRINCIPLE.

• INTERCARGO IS COMMITTED TO SAFETY AND QUALITY IN SHIP OPERATIONS,

WITH A FOCUS ON OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE
ENVIRONMENT

• INTERCARGO ENCOURAGES THE ADOPTION OF A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY

REGARDING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE AND WOULD ALSO SUPPORT IN ITS CAPACITY:

– INFORMATION SHARING AND DETECTION

– PRACTICAL MEASURES TO STOP THE TRANSPORTATION OF ILLEGAL WILDLIFE

PRODUCT

– NEW MECHANISMS TACKLING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE

• 12. IFSMA: INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATIONS

• HE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATIONS (IFSMA), IS

THE INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION THAT UNITES AND REPRESENTS
THE WORLD'S SERVING SHIPMASTERS.

• THE IFSMA IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF

THE SERVING SHIPMASTERS IN BODIES SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
ORGANIZATION, THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION AND OTHER
RELEVANT, INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS.

• THE PURPOSE OF IFSMA IS TO BRING THE SHIPMASTERS' VIEWS ON MATTERS OF

MARINE SAFETY, MARITIME SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF THE MARINE
ENVIRONMENT TO RECOGNITION AT THE REQUIRED LEVEL AND, AT THE SAME TIME,
TO FORGE A MORE EXCLUSIVE AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS FOR SHIPMASTERS, ONE
BASED UPON THEIR PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD BOTH SHIPOWNERS
AND SOCIETY.

• THE IFSMA IS CONCERNED ABOUT BOTH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE FOR SEAFARERS AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON
CONDITIONS OF WORK FOR SEAFARERS.

• THE IFSMA IS A FEDERATION WITH A POLICY TO ENSURE SAFE OPERATIONAL

PRACTICES, TO PREVENT HUMAN INJURY, TO PROTECT THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
AND TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY AT SEA.

• THE IFSMA HEADQUARTERS ARE LOCATED IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.