Maritime sector urged to save the ocean
ON World Ocean Day, everyone must recognise that revitalising the ocean is critical for the planet.
That was the message from International Maritime Organisation secretary-general Kitack Lim statement on June 8, 2022.
“The ocean connects, sustains, and supports us all. Shipping is one of the prime users of the oceans delivering over 80 per cent of world trade and linking global supply chains,” Mr Lim said.
The International Maritime Organisation has developed a comprehensive regulatory regime to ensure the marine environment is protected from shipping activities. Among
SHIPPING and other maritime-based industries are prime users of the oceans, delivering over 80 per cent of world trade and linking global supply chains.
This is why they have a huge role to play in ensuring that the marine environment is protected from shipping activities.
With this in mind, the Maritime Safety other initiatives, we are working together with countries and partners on local actions that can serve as models and wider inspiration to keep protecting the ocean.
On World Ocean Day, we must all recognize that revitalising the ocean is critical for the planet,” IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim said.
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the objectives of the Paris Agreement on climate change, urgently needed “collective action to revitalise the ocean”.
“That means finding a new balance in our relationship with the marine environment. It means working together with nature, not against it, and building inclusive and diverse partnerships across regions, sectors and communities to collaborate creatively on ocean solutions,” Mr Guterres said.
“Ensuring a healthy and productive ocean is our collective responsibility, which we can only fulfil by working together. On this World Oceans Day, I urge all those with a stake in ocean health to come together to revitalise our seas and oceans.”
The IMO is the UN specialised agency with the responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships.
It is global standard-setting authority for the safety, security and environmental performance of international shipping with a main role to create a regulatory framework for the shipping industry that is fair and effective, universally adopted and universally implemented.