The Arctic Shipping Best Practices Information Forum

This meeting took place 5-6 June 2017 at Lloyd’s Register Office, 71 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 4BS

Documents:

• Notice on caution required when using nautical charts in Arctic waters
• Arctic Council Communication Strategy
• Meeting’s Registrations (30 May)
• Presentation for the IMO: Outcome from the Inaugural meeting of the Arctic Shipping Best Practises Information Forum (Anita Mäkinen)
  

Meeting summary	Meeting agenda	Registrations
Meeting report (Final)	Meeting agenda (Final)	List of registration (Final)

The purpose of the Arctic Shipping Best Practice Information Forum is to support effective implementation of the Polar Code by making publicly available at a web portal hyperlinks to information relevant to all those involved in safe and environmentally sound Arctic shipping, including vessels owners/operators, regulators, classification societies, marine insurers, and indigenous and local communities.

Examples of information that the planned web portal would hyperlink to are:
• Arctic Voyage Planning Guides (e.g., Canada’s Arctic Voyage Planning Guide);
• Sea ice information (e.g., U.S. National Ice Center’s Current Daily Ice Analysis);
• Marine insurance guidance (e.g., UK P&I Club’s Arctic Shipping: P&I Insurance FAQ);
• Industry guidelines for safe operations (e.g., the Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators Wildlife Guidelines); and
• Search and rescue guidance (e.g., IMO Guidance on Minimizing Delays in Search and Rescue Response to Distress Alerts (MSC.1/Circ.1248)).

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Information Papers submitted
Insurance industry - position paper	Download
AECO Information paper	Download
WWF/CCU Submission	Download
ESA Polar Code Decision Support System	Download
Arctic Coast Guard Forum	Download
Navigation in Ice - The Natutical Institute	Download
Danish Maritime Authority - Information Paper	Download
ICC - Arctic Shipping Forum Information Paper	Download
International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG) / JCOMM Expert Team on Sea Ice (ETSI) - Information Paper	Download
A summary of how IALA expects to advance safe and environmental sound Arctic navigation and suggested information to be considered for the Information Forum web portal.	Download
USA - Example of hyperlinks	Download
WMO - Information Paper	Download

Presentations from the meeting
Arctic States: Denmark	Download
Permanent Participants/Indigenous Peoples: ICC	Download
Arctic Council Observers: Republic of Korea	Download
Industry: Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators	Download
Intergovernmental Organizations: International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities	Download

IMO video: The Polar Code explained


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