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25th November, 2002
Prestige?? When Will Europe Learn??


1st October, 2002
Target Rogue Manning Agencies


10th July, 2002
Peter Morris 'Better Security means Better Ships', Copenhagen



May, 2001
Selling 'Ships, Slaves And Competition'

ICONS Chairman Peter Morris has hit the international trail to win support for the commission's report 'Ships, Slaves and Competition'...


ICONS REPORT - "Ships, Slaves & Competition"
Released 6th March 2001

Peter Morris, International Commission on Shipping (ICONS) released the commission’s report and recommendations at the APEC International Symposium on Ship Safety.

Click here to view PDF (104kb)
Also see News for the full report, keynote address and executive summary (PDF documents).


March, 2001
ICONS Report Released 6th March 2001

ICONS chair Peter Morris, will release the Commission’s ‘Ships, Slaves and Competition’ report with an address to the APEC International Symposium on Ship Safety at the Four Points Hotel, Darling Harbour, Sydney at 9.45 am on Tuesday, March 6, 2001.


November, 2000
Skilled Seafarers a Must

The recent grounding of the Malaysian freighter Bunga Tetatai Satu on the Great Barrier Reef highlights the vulnerability of coastline environments to the operations of international shipping the Chairman of the International Shipping Commission [ICONS] Peter Morris said today...


September 1, 2000
International Commission arrives in Canada and United States

The International Commission on Shipping (ICONS) moves to Canada and the United States next week where its investigations will focus on the damage that substandard shipping causes human and marine life.


July 27 , 2000
India's role crucial to International Commission

The Chairman of the International Commission on Shipping (ICONS), The Hon. Peter Morris, believes India's emergence as a shipping nation and a source of trained seafarers gives the nation a crucial role in the Commission's inquiry into sub-standard shipping...


July 24, 2000
International Commission begins worldwide enquiry in Sydney

The International Commission on Shipping (ICONS) kicks off its worldwide leg of an enquiry into sub-standard shipping in Sydney today.


July 20, 2000
Green Groups Have A Role To Play In Shipping Inquiry

The International Commission on Shipping (ICONS) believes Australia's environmental and green groups could make a valuable contribution to the ICONS inquiry into the world's merchant shipping industry.


July 6, 2000
ICONS Examines Role of Ship Surveyors

The International Commission On Shipping (ICONS) Chairman, The Hon. Mr Peter Morris announced today that Governments and industry alike are questioning the effectiveness of ship survey organisations known as Classification Societies...


June 22, 2000
European Commission Supports Shipping Inquiry

EC Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio has given full support to the objectives of the Shipping Inquiry being carried out by the International Commission on Shipping [ICONS]...


May 12, 2000
Ship of Shame Must Go!

A first ever-global inquiry into the effectiveness of international shipping safety standards, law and practices has begun in Australia...


April 13, 2000
ICONS set its deadline

The International Commission on Shipping (ICONS) set up last year to look at the safety and environmental imapact of shipping, has set itself a deadline to deliver it's report on the "debilitating factor of sub-standard shipping at the next "Quality Shipping" seminar scheduled for April 5-7, 2001, in Sydney, Australia...


March 31, 2000
Minister of Transport Expresses
Support for International Shipping Commission!

During the recent Seminar on Quality Shipping held in Singapore on 24/25 March, the Chairman of the International Commission on Shipping (ICONS) Hon. Peter Morris met with Canadian Transport Minister, Mr. David Collenette to discuss...


March 24, 2000
Singapore Supports International Shipping Commission

At the conclusion of a meeting between the International Commission on Shipping (ICONS) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Captain Say Eng Sin on behalf of the Authority, presented ICONS Chairman, Mr. Peter Morris, with a cash contribution to assist the Commission in its work.

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