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EHPnet: International Maritime Organization [PDF]

open access: yesEnviron Health Perspect, 2006
In 1948 an international conference in Geneva adopted a convention formally establishing what is today called the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The IMO initially worked mainly to ensure maritime safety, but after a 1967 spill of 100,000 tons of crude oil off the southern coast of England, the organization began focusing attention on ...
europepmc   +2 more sources

Alternative Maritime Radio Solutions for Enhanced GMDSS Network [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav, 2022
This paper introduces novel alternative maritime radio solutions for the improved Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) network and equipment within the Very High Frequency (VHF), Medium Frequency (MF) and High Frequency (HF) Ship Radio ...
Stojce Dimov Ilcev
doaj   +1 more source

Alternative Maritime Satellite Solutions for Enhanced GMDSS Network [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav, 2022
In this paper are introduced alternative architectures for the novel development of the enhanced Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) satellite communication network and equipment within the Gostationary Erath Orbits (GEO and Non-GEO ...
Stojce Dimov Ilcev
doaj   +1 more source

Maritime Piracy and its Characterization as a Threat: Presence, Type, Arms, Violence, and Ships under Attack between 1991 and 2019

open access: yesRevista de Relaciones Internacionales, Estrategia y Seguridad, 2021
Maritime piracy is a threat to maritime trade whose contemporary version has been legally addressed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and International Maritime Organization (IMO) and coercively by the UN and EU. The present
Pablo Rivas Pardo
doaj   +1 more source

Maritime Cyber Security: A Global Challenge Tackled through Distinct Regional Approaches

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021
Maritime cyber security is an emerging issue that requires immediate attention, according to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Feedback received from global shipping professionals indicate that a common threat to the industry, such as cyber ...
Stavros Karamperidis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ukraine’s activities in ensuring the implementation of international standards in the sphere of rescue at sea [PDF]

open access: yesLex Portus, 2018
Despite the achievements of the international community in the field of navigation safety, ensuring traffic and operation of ships, statistics show that the level of accidents in the world's marine fleet is still very high.
Alla Ivanova
doaj   +1 more source

Quality management in shipping companies [PDF]

open access: yesTehnika, 2017
As international business becomes more competitive, companies are finding that they need to work more effectively to stay in business. Quality assurance has become very important to the majority of production and service companies with international ...
Đergović Dragana M., Kukobat Lazo M.
doaj   +1 more source

Use of intermediary contracts in maritime transportation

open access: yesУченые записки Российской академии предпринимательства, 2023
Shipping is an integral part of the supply chain for most industries, making it the backbone of global trade. This explains the relevance of the issues of legal regulation of maritime transport, the knowledge of which is necessary for the effective ...
E. A. Naumova, E. A. Karaseva
doaj   +1 more source

International Maritime Organization and Decarbonization of Maritime Industry: Mandate and Instruments

open access: yesLex Portus, 2022
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) makes a crucial contribution to the decarbonization of the maritime industry within the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) objectives.
Kristina Yeremenko
doaj   +1 more source

Responding to international terrorism: the securitisation of the United Kingdom’s ports. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
It was less than a week after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks that the then Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), William O’Neil, noted that international terrorism represented a threat to the maritime industry ...
Austin JL   +10 more
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