Ferry Safety Project

Ferry Safety in the Developing World

The IMO/Interferry Bangladesh Project

Interferry has launched a joint initiative with the International Maritime Organization to improve the shocking safety record of domestic ferry operations in developing nations. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in January 2006 on a ten-year action plan aiming at a 90% cut in fatalities – conservatively estimated at 1,000 a year. In the first phase, a pilot project is being arranged in Bangladesh.

Why should Interferry and its members from the world's developed economies be interested in ferry safety in places like the Congo , Indonesia and Bangladesh ? The first answer would be based on simple humanitarian principles – we want to offer our wealth of experience to help stem this unacceptable and avoidable loss of life.

Interferry has launched a joint initiative with the International Maritime Organization to improve the shocking safety record of domestic ferry operations in developing nations. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in January 2006 on a ten-year action plan aiming at a 90% cut in fatalities—conservatively estimated at 1,000 a year. In the first phase, a pilot project is being arranged in Bangladesh.