ILO
International Labor Organization; Based in Geneva, it is one of the oldest
components of the UN system of specialized agencies and has been involved
over the years in appraising and seeking to improve and regulate
conditions for seafarers. In its unusual tripartite way, involving
official representatives of government, employer and employee interests,
its joint Maritime Commission have had in hand moves on the employment of
foreign seafarers to urge the application of minimum labor standards, on
crew accommodation, accident prevention, medical examination and medical
care, food and catering and officers competency..
IMDG
International Maritime Dangerous
Goods Code.
IMF
International Monetary
Fund.
IMO
International Maritime
Organization: Formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime
Consultative Organization (IMCO), was established in 1958 through the
United Nations to coordinate international maritime safety and related
practices.
INERT GAS
SYSTEM
A system of
preventing any explosion in the cargo tanks of a tanker by replacing the
cargo, as it is pumped out, by an inert gas, often the exhaust of the
ship's engine. Gas-freeing must be carried out subsequently if worker have
to enter the empty tanks.
INFLAMMABLE
LIQUIDS
Liquids liable
to spontaneous combustion which give off inflammable vapors at or below 80
degrees F. For example, ether, ethyl, benzine, gasoline, paints, enamels,
carbon disulfide, etc.
INLAND
WATERS
Term referring
to lakes, streams, rivers, canals, waterways, inlets, bays and the
like.
INMARSAT
International Maritime Satellite
System.
INTEGRATED TUG
BARGE
A large barge of
about 600 feet and 22,000 tons cargo capacity, integrated from the rear on
to the bow of a tug purposely constructed to push the barge.
INTERCOASTAL
Domestic shipping routes serving
more than one coast.
INTERMODALISM
The concept of transportation as a
door-to-door service rather than port-to-port. Thus efficiency is enhanced
by having a single carrier coordinating the movement and documentation
among different modes of transportation.
INTERNATIONAL
LOAD LINE CERTIFICATE
A
certificate which gives details of a ship's freeboards and states that the
ship has been surveyed and the appropriate load lines marked on her sides.
This certificate is issued by a classification society or the Coast
Guard.
INTERNATIONAL
OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUND
An inter-governmental agency
designed to pay compensation for oil pollution damage, exceeding the
shipowner's liability. It was created by an IMO Convention in 1971 and
started its operations in October 1978. Contributions come mainly from the
oil companies of member states.
INTERNATIONAL
TONNAGE CERTIFICATE
A
certificate issued to a shipowner by a government department in the case
of a ship whose gross and net tonnages have been determined in accordance
with the International Convention of Tonnage Measurement of Ships. The
certificate states the gross and net tonnages together with details of the
spaces attributed to each.
INTERNATIONAL
WATERWAYS
Consist of
international straits, inland and interocean canals and rivers where they
separate the territories of two or more nations. Provided no treaty is
enforced both merchant ships and warships have the right of free and
unrestricted navigation through these waterways.
INTERTANKO
An association of independent
tanker owners whose aims are to represent the views of its members
internationally.
INTRACOASTAL
Domestic shipping routes along a
single coast.
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