BIMCO joins industry in calling for establishment of a new traffic separation scheme south of Sri Lanka
01 June 2023BIMCO has joined with a number of industry bodies and the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to submit a paper to the upcoming meeting of the IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 80). The paper calls for the establishment of a new traffic separation scheme (TSS) south of Sri Lanka to protect marine species including the endangered Blue Whale.