LNG

Nov 23 (LNGJ) - The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council has agreed to renew the appointment of South Korean Kitack Lim as Secretary-General of the IMO for a second four-year term beginning on 1 January 2020, subject to the approval of the IMO Assembly in December 2019. One of the IMO’s biggest current tasks is guiding through the 0.5 percent limit on sulfur content in ship fuel coming into force in 2020 under the UN body’s MARPOL treaty, with benefits for the environment and human health. Shipowners are being encouraged to switch to alternatives such as LNG, lower sulfur fuels, or exhaust cleaners. Aged 62, Kitack Lim began attending IMO meetings in 1986 as a member of the South Korean delegation. He had graduated in nautical science at the Korea Maritime and Ocean University in the port of Busan and worked on ships as a Korean naval officer and for an international shipping company.