Report | Review of Perceived Gaps and Challenges in the Implementation of the Polar Code

A study of commentary on the implementation of the Polar Code has been undertaken in order to make substantive recommendations with respect to the implementation and potential review of the Polar Code.

The study involved reviewing:

• papers submitted to the IMO’s subcommittee III 7, resulting from a study commissioned by WWF on the implementation of the Polar Code,
• an investigation into the grounding of the passenger vessel Akademik Ioffe by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada,
• information presented at the Arctic Council’s Best Practice Information Forum meetings on the implementation of the Polar Code,
• papers prepared by environmental non-governmental organisations during the development of the Polar Code and submitted to the IMO and to Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, and
• feedback from communication with ASBPIF participants.

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