GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -IMO was established in 1948 following a UN conference in Geneva to bring the regulation of the safety of shipping into an international framework.

Detailed explanation-2: -Formed by means of the 1948 Convention on the International Maritime Organization, IMO initially focused on maritime safety and navigation. Then, in the 1960s, the world became more aware of the spillage of oil into the oceans and seas through accidents or as a result of poor operating practices.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 17 March, 1958, the acceptance of the IMO Convention by Egypt and Japan brought the number of Parties to 21, and the Convention finally entered into force.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1948 an international conference in Geneva adopted a convention formally establishing IMO (the original name was the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, or IMCO, but the name was changed in 1982 to IMO).