Forum: Participants

This page lists Participants at previous Forum Meetings. According to the Forum’s Terms of Reference, the "Arctic States intend Forum participation to be open to Arctic States, Permanent Participants and Arctic Council Observers as well as any widely-recognized professional organizations dedicated to improving safe and environmentally sound marine operations in the Arctic as demonstrated by expertise and experience in Arctic shipping and/or related issues...." Participation is normally renewed on an annual basis by means of an invitation to the annual Forum meeting.

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PARTICIPANTS

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ACOPS

Alaska Chadux Network

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Arctic Coast Guard Forum (ACGF)

Arctic Economic Council (AEC)

Arctic Regional Hydrographic Commission (ARHC)

Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO)

Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO)

Bonn Agreement

British Antarctic Survey

Bureau Veritas

Circumpolar Conservation Union

Chamber of Marine Commerce (Canadian Shipowners Association)

Chamber of Shipping of America

Chile

China

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)

Cyprus

Danish Shipping

DNV GL

Egypt

European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

European Space Agency (ESA)

Equatorial Guinea

Icelandic Federation of Trade & Services (including shipping)

Finnish Shipowners Association

France

Forum of Arctic Research Operators

Germany

India

Inuit Circumpolar Council

International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO)

International Association of Classification Societies (IACS)

International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH)

International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)

International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG)

International Hydrographic Commission (IHO)

Website: https://iho.int

The IHO, as an Observer organization at the IMO and its chief advisor on nautical charting issues, has contributed to the safety considerations of the Polar Code, related specifically to the generally unsatisfactory state of the underlying hydrographic surveys from which existing nautical charts in the polar regions are derived.

The IHO input has been based on the work of the two hydrographic Commissions that cover the polar regions - the Arctic Regional Hydrographic Commission (ARHC) and the IHO Hydrographic Commission on Antarctica (HCA). Each Commission provides a framework for cooperation and coordination between the various countries that produce nautical charts of polar waters.

1) IHO Hydrographic Dictionary (IHO Publication S-32)

2) Status of Hydrographic Surveying and Charting Worldwide (IHO Publication C-55) (5 November 2020) (provides base data for governments and supporting international organizations as they consider the best means by which to implement responsibilities set out in Chapter V, Regulation 9, of the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention)

3) Joint IHO/IMO/WMO Manual on Maritime Safety Information (MSI) (IHO Publication No. 53) (January 2016)

4) Facts About Electronic Charts and Carriage Requirements (IHO Publication S-66) (January 2018)

5) The Need for National Hydrographic Services (IHO Publication M-2) (June 2018)

6) Caution Required When Using Nautical Charts of Arctic Waters (ARHC Notice) (28 June 2017)

7) International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) (Version 4.0, July 2020) (The goal of the IBCAO initiative is to develop a digital database that contains all available bathymetric data north of 64° North, for use by mapmakers, researchers, institutions, and others whose work requires a detailed and accurate knowledge of the depth and the shape of the Arctic seabed.)

8) Mariners' Guide to Accuracy of Depth Information in Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) (IHO S-67) (October 2020)

International Maritime Pilots' Association (IMPA)