International Chamber of Shipping
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| International Chamber of Shipping | |
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| Formation | 1921 |
| Type | International Trade Association |
| Purpose/focus | To represent national shipowner associations, and advise on international policy |
| Headquarters | 38 St Mary Axe, London |
| Region served | Global |
| Membership | 80% world merchant tonnage |
| Chairman | Spyros M Polemis |
| Main organ | Marine Committee |
| Affiliations | International Maritime Organization, International Labour Organization, National Governments, Other Inter-Governmental Organizations |
| Staff | 19 |
| Website | http://www.ics-shipping.org |
The International Chamber of Shipping is the world's principal shipping organisation, representing around 80%[1] of the world’s merchant tonnage; through membership of national shipowners' associations, concerned with all regulatory, operational and legal issues.
A major ICS activity is at the United Nations agency with responsibility for the safety of life at sea and the protection of the marine environment, the International Maritime Organization.
ICS is unique in that it unlike other international shipping trade associations it represents the global interests of all the different trades in the industry: bulk carrier operators, tanker operators, passenger ship operators and container liner trades, including shipowners and third party ship managers.
ICS has consultative status with a number of intergovernmental bodies which have an impact on shipping, these include: the World Customs Organization, the International Telecommunications Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Meteorological Organization. The ICS also has close relationships with industry organisations representing different maritime interests such as shipping, ports, pilotage, the oil industry, insurance and classification societies responsible for the surveying of ships.
[edit] 2009 Climate Protest
On 14 May 2009, Lloyds List published an article revealing the plan by organisers of the recent G20 climate camp protests in London to hold a demonstration outside the International Chamber of Shipping headquarters in London on Monday 18 May.
[edit] Relocation to the Baltic Exchange
In October 2011, the International Chamber of Shipping left office space on Carthusian Street, near the Barbican Estate, owned by the British Chamber of Shipping and moved to the Baltic Exchange on St Mary Axe.
