The International Chamber of Shipping and the International Transport Workers’ Federation have made a joint submission to the International Maritime Organization expressing concern about the apparent failure of some flag states to submit maritime casualty reports to the agency, which is required under several international maritime conventions.
“The lack of investigation and accident reports hinders the development of appropriate measures by IMO to address the cause of serious incidents in which seafarers may have lost their lives,” said Stephen Cotton, ITF’s acting general secretary, in a written statement.
ICS and ITF hope that governments will consider this issue at the next meeting of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee in June.