9 LMM V I S I O N ISSUE 18 | Q3 2024 COMPANY NEWS Forums, Committees & Conferences Our COO, Antonis Georgantzis, participated in the 66th INTERTANKO Safety & Technical (ISTEC) Committee which was held in Lisbon, Portugal. A key agenda item focused on: ●● Regulatory developments relating to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions from shipping, which involved the examination of various proposals for the basket of mid-term and longterm measures that have been submitted to the upcoming MEPC 82 at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and was held as a joint session with the INTERTANKO Environmental Committee (EnvCom). Petros Vikos, HSQE Manager, participated in the 59th INTERTANKO Environmental Committee (EnvCom) representing our company. which was also held in Lisbon. The meeting covered the following issues: ●● Biosecurity: Ballast Water Management & Biofouling ●● Waste Management ●● ESG ●● Proposals to MEPC 82 for IMO’s GHG reduction mid-term measures were considered along with assessments on the likely features such as emission reduction trajectory targets, flexibility compliance mechanism e.g. pooling and banking, GHG emission contributions, rewards for the use of eligible fuels and administrative matters for compliance. ●● Digitalization and automation of ships ●● IACS UR E26 & E27 on Cybersecurity and draft Recommendation on Ship Data Quality ●● Maritime security situation at the Southern Red Sea INTERTANKO - Safety & Technical Committee INTERTANKO – Environmental Committee Ria Thanou, DPA, and Nikos Toumazatos, Crew Manager, participated in the 15th SAFETY4SEA Athens Forum held at the Grand Hyatt Athens. Ria Thanou participated in Panel #6 ‘Best practices for enhanced maritime safety’ which talked about: ●● Lessons learned from recent accidents ●● Fire onboard and other alarming trends ●● Developing a proactive approach ●● Safe navigation & ECDIS 15th SAFETY4SEA Athens Forum
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