Antismuggling efforts

Customs officials and shipping industry discuss measures

BIMCO (Baltic & International Maritime Council)

Shipowners, managers and P&I club representatives met recently at the Brussels-based World Customs Organisation with customs officials from Belgium, Germany, Sweden and the UK. Following a briefing on the latest trends in illicit drug smuggling, attendees discussed options for reducing the use of innocent merchant ships to carry illicit goods between countries. The meeting, called by BIMCO’s Maritime Security Committee, covered such issues as: