TIM eMagazine Issue 3 | Page 32

Maritime News Trends, Developments and Challenges for IMO’s strategic framework The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided to develop a new strategic framework with the aim of implementing the new strategic framework in the 2018-2019 biennium. The new strategic framework will be covering the period from 2018-2023. T o develop the new strategic framework, the first step is to identify the relevant overall Trends, Developments and Challenges (TDCs) facing the IMO and the maritime community. In order to identify the Trend 2