International

• Shipping Organizations

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BIMCO

BIMCO is the world’s largest international shipping association, with more than 2,200* members globally. We provide a wide range of services to our global membership – which includes shipowners, operators, managers, brokers and agents.  

BIMCO’s core objective is to facilitate the commercial operations of our members by developing standard contracts and clauses, and providing quality information, advice and education. 

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European Commission

The European Commission is the EU's executive body. It represents the interests of the European Union as a whole (not the interests of individual countries).

The Commission's main roles are to:

• propose legislation which is then adopted by the co-legislators, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers
• enforce European law (where necessary with the help of the Court of Justice of the EU)
• set a objectives and priorities for action, outlined yearly in the Commission Work Programme and work towards delivering them
• manage and implement EU policies and the budget
• represent the Union outside Europe (negotiating trade agreements between the EU and other countries, for example.).

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• Port State Control

Australian Maritime Authority
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is a statutory authority established under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 (the AMSA Act). AMSA’s principal functions are: 

• promoting maritime safety and protection of the marine environment 
• preventing and combating ship-sourced pollution in the marine environment 
• providing infrastructure to support safety of navigation in Australian waters 
• providing a national search and rescue service to the maritime and aviation sectors.

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Hong Kong Marine Department
The Port of Hong Kong has always been a key factor in the economic development of the Hong Kong SAR. It is a hub port serving the South Asian Pacific region and acts as an entreport for the Mainland of China. It is one of the busiest container ports in the world. In terms of vessel arrivals and departures, and cargo and passenger throughput, it is also one of the major ports of the world.

Being the administrator of the port, our principal functions are to ensure safe operation of the port and all Hong Kong waters as well as to operate the Hong Kong Shipping Register and safeguard the quality of the Hong Kong registered ships.