The purpose of the Forum is to support effective implementation of the IMO Polar Code by making publicly available on a dedicated web portal information relevant to all those involved in safe and environmentally sound Arctic shipping, including shipowners/operators, regulators, classification societies, marine insurers, and indigenous and local communities.
Forum's web-portal: www.arcticshippingforum.is
The Forum places particular emphasis on collecting information of use to Maritime Administrations and/or Recognized Organizations in issuing Polar Ship Certificates and conducting Operational Assessments, as well as information to be used by the shipowners and operators in developing Polar Water Operational Manuals.
More information on the Forum.
Third Forum meeting documents:
- Meeting summary
- Meeting agenda
- Meeting focus document
- List of participants
- Information paper co-sponsored by all Arctic Council Member States submitted to IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 101), to be held 5 June to 14 June 2019, to introduce the Arctic Shipping Best Practice Information Forum and its web portal.
- Press release from the meeting
Presentations:
- Hjalti Hreinsson and Michael Kingston
- Chris Oliver
- Rob Hindley
- Sascha Pristrom
- Jan Reinert Vestvik
- Knut Espen
- Vladimir Kuzmin
- John Lloyd
- Francesco Santangelo
- Dan Hubbell and Sian Prior
- Eduard Zdor
- James Bond
- Katharina Kaiser
- Hjalti Hreinsson (on ASTD)
Photos
Photos from the third meeting.