Asian shipyards are set to have an increasing influence over ship-construction regulation at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) after a new association was granted consultative status.
The Active Shipbuilding Experts' Federation (ASEF)'s application to join the ranks of the IMO's non-governmental organisations was approved at last week’s IMO council meeting.
ASEF’s members are dominated by the world’s largest shipbuilding nations — Japan, South Korea and China — with Turkey the only non-Far East shipbuilding country represented.
