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Kyrgyzstan joins the International Maritime Organization

Photo of Sam Chambers Sam ChambersMarch 8, 2024
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The Kyrgyz Republic has become the latest state to join the International Maritime Organization (IMO). 

Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked Central Asian nation, has become the IMO’s 176th member state.

The next important gathering at the IMO headquarters in London will be the eighty-first session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) scheduled from March 18 to 22 where the focus will be on developing legally-binding measures to ensure last year’s milestone agreement to phase out greenhouse gases from shipping by 2050 is made possible. 

Photo of Sam Chambers Sam ChambersMarch 8, 2024
573 Less than a minute
Photo of Sam Chambers

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
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