Following the declaration of the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic by the World Health Organization and with the aim of preventing the spread of the infection, IMO has announced the postponement of the listed below meetings:
- the 7th session of the Sub-Committee on Human Element Training and Watchkeeping (HTW) scheduled to take place from 1 to 5 June 2020;
- the 70th session of the Technical Cooperation Committee (TC), scheduled to take place from 15 to 18 June 2020.
In addition, International Maritime Organization made a decision on rescheduling the 44th session of the Facilitation Committee (FAL), scheduled to take place from 20 to 24 April, the 102nd session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), scheduled to take place from 13 to 22 May, the 2nd meeting of the IMO Expert Group on Data Harmonization (IMO EG EGDH)), scheduled to take place from 27 April to 1 May, the port symposium “A Holistic approach to standards for port operational data in maritime supply chains”, scheduled to take place on 30 April.
