Secretary General Mitropoulos, head of the International Maritime Organization in London, plans to audit government maritime services. Flag states like Panama and Liberia, port states like United States and China, and coastal states like Canada and Indonesia will certainly take notice of this announcement. U.S. Coast Guard has been active in the voluntary audit scheme for the last several years.
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IMO to make audits mandatory
04 Dec 2009
IMO's Efthimios Mitropoulos
THE IMO told Fairplay today its voluntary audit scheme will be made mandatory.
The scheme is intended to provide the IMO with information on members so it can determine which of them is in the greatest need of technical aid and which will benefit from “capacity building”, an IMO representative explained.
The audit scheme, designed to address safety and environmental concerns, will become mandatory in 2014.
In the meantime, IMO secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos will urge members to volunteer for audits “so that lessons can continue to be learned”, the IMO representative said.
Funds for the IMO to carry out this work are now in place too: the budget for the next two years is £61.1M ($101M).
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