IMO submissions

WWF Global Arctic Programme regularly makes submissions to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on issues related to shipping, underwater noise and protecting arctic nature. Our submissions can be found here.

2025

SDC 12/INF 17 Spatio-temporal information on Arctic whale migration routes for consideration in voyage planning and other measures to reduce the impacts of underwater radiated noise on marine life (November 14 2025).

MEPC 83/INF.31. Results of the Arctic Council Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment’s Phase II Report on Underwater Radiated Noise in the Arctic.

2024

MSC 108/15/1 Safety measures for non-SOLAS ships operating in polar waters: commercial yachts and cargo ships of 300 GT and upwards and less than 500 GT (March 26 2024).

MSC 108/19/4 Harmonized implementation of the Polar Code (March 12, 2024).

2023

MSC 107/17/23 Elements for consideration for inclusion in a new output evaluating the implementation of the Polar Code (February 28, 2023).

SDC 10/16/2  Vessels under 500 GT operating in Arctic waters (November 17, 2023).

2022

MSC 106/18/4 Implementation of the Polar Code (August 30, 2022).

2021

MSC/17/7 Implementation of IMO’s Polar Code (July 30, 2021).

 

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