IOPC Funds’ governing bodies hold April meeting

The governing bodies of the IOPC Funds held sessions from 29 April to 1 May 2025 at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London.

Over the three-day period, the 25th session of the Administrative Council, acting on behalf of the 29th extraordinary session of the 1992 Fund Assembly; the 84th session of the 1992 Fund Executive Committee, and the 13th extraordinary session of the Supplementary Fund Assembly held a successful meeting where a number of key decisions were taken on wide range of issues.

In particular, the governing bodies discussed the current incidents involving the IOPC Funds, developments within the international liability and compensation regime for ship-sourced oil pollution and the format of future IOPC Funds’ meetings.

A total of 60 Member States of the 1992 Fund, 21 Member States of the Supplementary Fund and seven observer States, including 10 observer organisations, attended the respective sessions.

A summary of the key decisions taken at the sessions will be made available early next week, and the full Record of Decisions of the meeting is available via the Document Services section the IOPC Funds’ website.