Decisions on advancing multilingualism, improving the Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS) and supporting the sustainability of the IMO Member State Audit Scheme were also taken.

Russia has complained to the global shipping regulator that satellite communication provider Inmarsat is threatening seafarer safety after cutting services from 126 vessels linked to the country.

The South’s JCS said Friday that the previously listed North Korean submarines could no longer be found on the IMO’s Global Integrated Shipping Information System.