Coinciding with IMO FAL, the InterPortPolice organisation held a symposium at the IMO headquarters last week, addressing law enforcement challenges in the maritime supply chain. This session was attended by numerous IMO Member States and international organisations, including IAPH, the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network and WWF-UK. Rhona Macdonald, IAPH’s policy and IMO liaison officer, presented the outcomes of the joint IMO-BIMCO-IAPH Maritime Single Window symposium held last January, encouraging contracting governments to the FAL Convention to begin developing and implementing a maritime single window before it becomes a mandatory requirement as of 1 January 2024. Rhona emphasised the need for a sound legal framework and interoperability through adhering to robust international standards, as well as, public-private collaboration, as key success factors to effectively implement a maritime single window. InterPortPolice is a specialised organisation established in 1969 to work collaboratively on an intergovernmental authority basis addressing serious transnational crime, public safety, critical infrastructure, the supply chain, and related border issues essential to the protecting the world’s seaport and airport communities and transportation systems.
Rhona Macdonald presenting at the InterPortPolice symposium in London
