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Captain Seog, accompanied by his wife, was handed the award by IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E.

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Shipping companies must ensure that their ships rigorously apply the IMO guidance and industry-developed Best Management Practices in their entirety, so that, when venturing into the western Indian Ocean region, they comply with all the recommended measures: no ship is invulnerable, in particular those with relatively low freeboards and slow steaming speeds.

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The IMO's rules require all single-hulled vessels to be phased out, but not until 2015.

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Indeed, the IMO has a successful record in anti-piracy initiatives, building on its longstanding standard-setting work on maritime safety, borders and environmental protection.

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Regardless of current names, flags and shell companies, these vessels can be identified by their unique seven-digit hull numbers, known as IMO numbers, which are issued for the lifetime of a ship.

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) marked its annual World Maritime Day celebration today with a collective call-to-action to the United Nations, world governments, military forces and even shipowners and crews reminding them that they all play an integral role in helping rid the world of modern-day piracy on the high seas, especially off the coast of Somalia and Indian Ocean.

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