International Chamber of Shipping

International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)

On 6 February, the International Chamber of Shipping, a consortium of national shipping agencies, called for the "earliest possible publication of the Italian accident investigations."

Many of the ECSA members are as well members of the ICS (International Chamber of Shipping).

John Christopher Stephenson Horrocks, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Shipping and International Shipping Federation.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published Shipping and the environment: A code of practice, a series of recommendations for shipping companies to improve their environmental standards.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), an association which represents 75 percent of the world's merchant fleet, has expressed "deep concern" over the boarding by Israeli forces in international waters.

The International Chamber of Shipping is the world's principal shipping organisation, representing around 80% of the world's merchant tonnage; through membership of national shipowners' associations, concerned with all regulatory, operational and legal issues.

He was a deputy chairman of the Oslo Port Authority, deputy board member of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association and a member of the marine committee of the International Chamber of Shipping.

These operations are carried out in accordance with guidelines set out by the Oil Companies International Marine Forum and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), with the strictest adherence to safety regulations.

"The current administration has taken on a sense of urgency in telling the world that the Suez Canal is still living," said Chris Horrocks, secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping, a London-based organization that represents shipowners around the world.

In 2007 the International Chamber of Shipping and the World Shipping Council began work on a code of practice for container storage, including crew training on parametric rolling, safer stacking, the marking of containers and security for above-deck cargo in heavy swell.

It represents interests of its members towards EU institutions (i.e. the EU Commission), single countries or groups of countries) and towards international institutions (i.e. United Nations / International Maritime Organization ; International Chamber of Shipping).

In October 2011, the International Chamber of Shipping left office space on Carthusian Street, near the Barbican Estate, owned by the UK Chamber of Shipping and moved to the Baltic Exchange on St Mary Axe.