IMO Council to be expanded to 52 member states

IMO Council to be expanded to 52 member states
Sam Chambers December 10, 2021 https://splash247.com/imo-council-to-be-expanded-to-52-member-states/

The executive organ of shipping’s governing body, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), is being expanded.

The IMO Council will be expanded from 40 to 52 member states.

IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim commented: “The expansion of the size of the council to 52 will support the attainment of a representative, balanced, diverse, and efficient council, that can support the interests of the whole membership and ensures the representation of all the major geographic areas of the world.”

The IMO Council has seen a number of expansions since it was established with 16 member states in 1958, following the entry into force of the 1948 IMO Convention. The most recent expansion was a result of the 1993 amendments that came into force in 2002 and increased the size of the council to 40.