(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 26
By Amina Nazarli - Trend:
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will conduct
several programs in Western Asia and Eastern Europe region in
2022-2023, Trend reports to IMO's integrated technical cooperation program.
IMO will work to enhance the harmonization of flag state
implementation and port state control activities in the Caspian Sea
area in 2022-2023.
'The focus on improving the implementation of major IMO
instruments such as SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea), MARPOL
(International convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships), STCW (Standards of Training, Certification, and
Watchkeeping), BWM (Ballast Water Management Convention), London
Convention/London Protocol (LC/LP) and AFS (International
Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems in Ships)
and in particular new amendments to these instruments, is the core
of the program for the next biennium,' says the document.
IMO also plans to provide additional training through the
regional program for administrators, maritime experts and relevant
personnel in the maritime sector, which will ensure effective
monitoring of the maritime transportation system and minimize the
risk of maritime accidents, particularly those caused by ships
carrying dangerous or polluting goods.
Moreover, taking into consideration the proposed
Capacity-Building Decade Strategy (document TC 71/7), and guided by
the regional meeting for the heads of maritime administrations, the
regional program will support the formulation of plans of action
that identify specific priorities, timelines and sequence of
implementation tailored to the maritime domain of each interested
member state from the region. It is expected that this initiative
will lead to legislative, infrastructure, training and equipment
needs being identified, and appropriate actions being included in
country partnership plans developed with IMO.
Tailored technical assistance will also be provided to assist
member states with their implementation of the IMSAS Corrective
Action Plans fully utilizing the analysis of the CASRs (Analysis of
consolidated audit summary reports). The rate of the rollout of
this program will be subject to the availability of donor
funding.
'Turkmenistan's involvement in these programs will be a decision
that the maritime authorities make,' IMO told Trend.
The IMO said Turkmenistan is involved in a number of projects in
2020. Turkmenistan has been an IMO member since 1993. The country
worked on a number of projects with the organization including the
Caspian Sea States cooperate on pollution response in 2017 and the
Supporting oil spill preparedness in the Caspian Sea in 2018.
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