Candidates gear up for imminent IMO election

摘要

The future direction of the IMO will depend largely on the people that lead it. With the election of the next Secretary-General imminent and the possibility that this will herald a new view at the top, The Naval Architect looks at the candidates experience and their views. Prioritising the application of regulations rather than the creation of new rules is important to South Koreas candidate for the position of Secretary-General at the IMO. For Lim Ki-tack this is perhaps borne out of his nearly 30 years attending IMO meetings. He attended IMO as Maritime Attache at the South Korean embassy in London between 2006 and 2009 and earlier still in 1998, he was appointed head of the South Korean delegation to the IMO, but he first began attending IMO meetings in 1986, participating in maritime safety and environmental discussions.