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Strategic Workplan

INTERTANKO’s Strategic Work Plan includes major issues, high-level actions and targeted benefits to Association Members in five Main Focus Areas:

  1. Safety
  2. Seafarers
  3. Environment
  4. Operations
  5. Commercial Sustainability

This broad but focussed engagement enables the Association to deliver three core services to Members. Striving for continuous improvement and acting to serve its Members as:

Advisor:
Facilitating and providing information, guidance and advice to members on issues affecting their interests
Forum:
Creating opportunities for industry professionals and owners to meet and share information and ideas with each other and the industry; and
Champion:
Speaking on behalf of and acting for Independent Tanker Owner Members

Major Issues

To provide a clear structure to the Strategic Work Plan and to maximise the Association’s effectiveness in the main focus areas, major issues have been identified in each focus area with associated specific issues to address (see Table 1). Specific High Level Actions (HLA) and desired outcomes, i.e. benefits for Members (MB) have also been developed and are grouped by Focus area in the following document.

Tools & Processes

To assist the implementation of the various actions as benefits for Members, INTERTANKO runs a number of databases and benchmarking tools and monitors various tanker and incident statistics. Information is also collated and shared directly during Regional Panel and expert Committee meetings, as well as during workshops, seminars and presentations targeting a wider audience. INTERTANKO also disseminates information through publications and reports. Topical bulletins ranging in focus from bunker quality to security or vetting, as well as a weekly electronic newsletter further supplement information available on the INTERTANKO website and its Member-only sections.

Guiding Principles for Tactical Implementation

  • All work shall be in compliance with INTERTANKO's Anti-trust/ Competition Law Guidelines.
  • The human element and safety culture shall be taken into account when developing High Level Actions and their desired outcomes.
  • Risk assessment shall be used in developing High Level Actions and their desired outcomes.
  • Stakeholders' input shall be sought and incorporated into High Level Actions, as appropriate.
  • External advocacy shall be an integral part of each High Level Action.
  • Regulatory and legal aspects of all issues shall be closely monitored for appropriate/ necessary engagement.
  • Responding to Members' requests shall be a high priority.
  • Lessons learned from incidents shall be used to identify tanker industry trends and mitigate future incidents and taken into account when developing High Level Actions and their desired outcomes.
  • Where appropriate, the use of digitalization in shipboard technologies shall be taken into account when developing High Level Actions and their desired outcomes.
  • Where appropriate, issues shall be linked to one of the outputs listed in the IMO Strategic Plan (Resolution A.1110(30)).

Strategic Workplan

Table 1: INTERTANKO Strategic Work Plan - Overview

Main Focus Areas
1. Safety
  1. Tanker design/construction
    1. Application of CSR
    2. Classification standards
  2. Machinery/equipment
    1. Lifesaving appliances
    2. Classification standards
    3. Anchoring and mooring systems
  3. Fuel
    1. Quality
    2. Sampling
    3. Switching operations
    4. Alternative fuels (LNG, LPG, methyl/ethyl, fuel cells, etc.)
  4. Cargo
    1. Properties
    2. Safe entry into enclosed spaces
    3. Inert gas
2. Seafarers
  1. Fair treatment
    1. Criminalisation
    2. Shore access/visas
    3. Medical treatment
  2. Crew competence
    1. Training requirements
    2. Competence Management System
    3. Officer matrix
  3. Seafarer welfare
    1. Cadet berths
    2. Fatigue/rest hours
    3. Health monitoring
3. Environment
  1. Emissions to water
    1. Ballast water
    2. Hull fouling management
  2. Emissions to air
    1. SOX, NOX, VOC (Annex VI of MARPOL)
    2. Greenhouse gas emissions
    3. Energy efficiency
    4. Vessel performance monitoring
  3. Ship Recycling
  4. EPA VGP EPA VGP Recordkeeping and Monitoring
  5. Waste Management
    1. On board ship
    2. Port reception facilities
4. Operations
  1. Vetting & Risk Assessment
  2. Ports
    1. Ports and Terminals
    2. Offshore operations
  3. Maritime Security
    1. Piracy
    2. Sanctions
    3. Refugees
    4. Cyber risk management
  4. Safe navigation
    1. ECDIS
    2. Pilotage
    3. eNavigation
  5. Chemical tanker ops
  6. Gas tanker ops
  7. Port State Control
  8. Places of Refuge
5. Commercial Sustainability
  1. Payment Performance
  2. Charter party terms & documentation
  3. Worldscale
  4. Insurance & Liability
    1. Compensation
    2. Liability limits
    3. Marine insurance
  5. Anti-corruption