IMO closing in on Polar Code

The IMO's Polar Code work group is working full steam this week in order to complete the wording of the long-anticipated strategy for Arctic sailing. The goal is to have it "pretty much done" by Friday, according to the Danish Maritime Authority's representative.

BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

Published: 23.01.14 at 10:49

The IMO's Polar Code work group is working full steam these days, hoping to have the wording of the strategy for Arctic sailing "pretty much done" by Friday, says Per Sønderstrup, Head of Secretariat at the Danish Maritime Authority, who represents the authority at the meeting of representatives from all the coastal states in the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as many other stakeholders.

"Our goal is to have it pretty much done and get as far as we possibly can this week. We're working at full steam," he says from London.

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