International Maritime Organization

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• The International Maritime Organization (IMO), a United Nations body of which the United States is a member, "requires all ships engaged in international trade to have a country of registry in order to sail on international waters."

  Academic text (2016)

• The Ministers welcomed the forthcoming "Meeting on the Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Enhancing Safety, Security and Environmental Protection" in collaboration with the International Maritime Organization to be held on 7-8 September 2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

  Academic text (2005)

• L: The International Maritime Organization

  Academic text (2009)

• Recognizing the externality problem, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held a series of conventions during the 1970s.

  Academic text (2005)

• Between 2002 and 2005, the legal committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) formulated amendments to meet these new threats.

  Academic text (2005)

• Regulation of marine pollution from vessels was initiated worldwide with the passage of the agreement known as MARPOL 73/78 by the International Maritime Organization, an agency of the United Nations.

  Academic text (1998)

• First, a flag state must be a member of the International Maritime Organization ("IMO"), and therefore must have adopted all of the IMO's maritime safety resolutions and conventions.

  Academic text (2016)

• Other global organizations, including the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, the EU, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), now aggressively support piracy repression efforts.

  Academic text (2009)

• The Ministers encouraged cooperation between littoral states and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to put in place the Pilot Project of Marine Electronic Highway (MEH) as a step forward for the enhancement of the safety of navigation and environmental protection in the Straits.

  Academic text (2005)

• Last August, the International Maritime Organization halted the use of heavy fuel oil by ships, reducing the risk of damaging spills.

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IMO

vsInternational Maritime Organization

• Jargon

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The United Nations agency that makes rules for ships and safety at sea

is the full official name rather than the short written form

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