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Leading maritime organisations gathered for the second Enclosed Space Entry – Joint Industry Workshop on 8 July 2024 at the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) office to discuss the ongoing challenge of reducing or eliminating deaths in enclosed spaces.

OCIMF has revised its position paper on the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions and Air Pollution, first published in 2023.

OCIMF commissioned a series of surveys to better understand how programme user groups use and interact with the Ship Inspection Report Programme (SIRE) vessel inspection regime.

OCIMF commissioned a series of surveys to better understand how programme user groups use and interact with the Offshore Vessel Inspection Database (OVID) vessel inspection regime.

Following successful trial inspections, OCIMF can announce the countdown to the release of the production edition of SIRE 2.0 has begun. Due to the significance of this change from VIQ7 to SIRE 2.0, OCIMF will not limit the notice to the standard 90-day window. The SIRE 2.0 integrator API is now available. 

The second edition of International Safety Guide for Inland Navigation Tank-Barges (ISGINTT) is going through the final review stages.

The conflict in Ukraine has implications for the shipping industry, which has already endured major challenges during the global pandemic. 

During Q2 this year, OCIMF’s updated and enhanced Ship Inspection Report Programme (SIRE) will be launched. SIRE 2.0 will deliver a risk-based approach to assessing the quality of tankers and their crew on an ongoing basis and will significantly improve the marine industry’s ability to mitigate risk to people and the environment.

The recent decision by the OCIMF Executive Committee to separate Submitting Company rights from OCIMF membership status necessitated the creation of a new set of requirements for becoming a Submitting Company. This is to ensure that OCIMF maintains sufficient governance control over its programmes.