NGO's: Shipping ignores Arctic risks

Environmental organizations are far from pleased with the Polar Code draft finished by the IMO on Friday. The draft lacks rules concerning Arctic areas without ice, they say.
Photo: Stena Bulk
Photo: Stena Bulk
BY OLE ANDERSEN

IMO's so-called Polar Code, which determines rules for environment and safety related to Arctic sailing, does not cover the dangers of sailing with non-ice-class and poorly equipped ships in Arctic and Antarctic waters without ice, the NGO's warn.

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