{"id":365928,"date":"2026-06-24T11:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=365928"},"modified":"2026-06-24T11:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:55:10","slug":"international-maritime-organization-imo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-maritime-organization-imo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"International Maritime Organization (IMO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced an evacuation plan for more than 11,000 seafarers still stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About International Maritime Organization (IMO)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th.bing.com\/th\/id\/R.69831302c6013a46577cef9df4cfb0bb?rik=iJxl1%2fOjUuakfA&amp;riu=http%3a%2f%2fseekvectorlogo.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2019%2f09%2finternational-maritime-organization-imo-vector-logo.png&amp;ehk=x8hCLN9nn4hY0PUBMSVGebMdyN0i9ZqzXi%2b31w7xNQg%3d&amp;risl=&amp;pid=ImgRaw&amp;r=0\" alt=\"International Maritime Organization (IMO) \" width=\"419\" height=\"233\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; IMO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>International Maritime Organization<\/strong> is the\u00a0<strong>United Nations specialized agency<\/strong>\u00a0with<strong>\u00a0responsibility for the safety and security of shipping<\/strong>\u00a0and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose:<\/strong>\u00a0To create a\u00a0<strong>regulatory framework for the shipping industry<\/strong>\u00a0that is fair and effective, universally adopted and universally implemented.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Established in:<\/strong>\u00a0It was\u00a0<strong>established in 1948<\/strong>\u00a0and the IMO\u00a0<strong>Convention entered into force in 1958.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong>\u00a0London, UK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member states:<\/strong>\u00a0IMO currently has\u00a0<strong>176 Member States and three Associate Members.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>India\u00a0<strong>joined the IMO in 1959.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There are<strong>\u00a067 intergovernmental organizations<\/strong>\u00a0which have observer status and<strong>\u00a088 international non-governmental organizations<\/strong>\u00a0in consultative status with IMO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Structure of the organisation<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>IMO is\u00a0<strong>led by the Secretary General.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>IMO Assembly:<\/strong>\u00a0It consists of\u00a0<strong>all Member States and is the highest governing body<\/strong>\u00a0of the Organization.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IMO Council:<\/strong>\u00a0It is\u00a0<strong>elected by the Assembly for a term of two years<\/strong>. It acts as the<strong>\u00a0executive organ of IMO<\/strong>\u00a0and is responsible for supervising the work of the Organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced an evacuation plan for more than 11,000 seafarers still stranded in the Strait of Hormuz. About International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Maritime Organization is the\u00a0United Nations specialized agency\u00a0with\u00a0responsibility for the safety and security of shipping\u00a0and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships. Purpose:\u00a0To create a\u00a0regulatory&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-maritime-organization-imo-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Maritime Organization (IMO)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1236,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-365928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}