{"id":3549,"date":"2025-12-01T12:24:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menamagazine.com\/?p=3549"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:19:52","slug":"saudi-arabia-wins-membership-in-imo-council-for-2026-2027-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themena.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/saudi-arabia-wins-membership-in-imo-council-for-2026-2027-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Wins Membership in IMO Council for 2026-2027 Term"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saudi Arabia has won membership in the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council for the 2026\u20132027 term, after receiving 142 votes from member states during the elections held in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IMO, a specialised agency of the United Nations, is the global authority responsible for setting international standards for maritime safety and security, reducing pollution from ships, and protecting the marine environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Transport and Logistic Services and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Transport General Authority (TGA) Saleh Al-Jasser expressed his sincere gratitude and appreciation to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for their continued support for the transport system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kingdom\u2019s election reflects the international community\u2019s confidence in its capabilities and its leading role within the IMO, he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TGA stated that this achievement comes as a culmination of the strong support provided by the Kingdom\u2019s leadership to the maritime transport sector, and as a continuation of the progress realised under Saudi Vision 2030, which has strengthened the Kingdom\u2019s position as an influential force shaping the future of the global maritime industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TGA highlighted the Kingdom\u2019s advanced standing in the maritime sector, noting that the Saudi fleet ranks first regionally, while Saudi ports continue to enhance their global competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Transport and Logistics Strategy aims to boost port efficiency, facilitate trade flows, and expand marine tourism through cruise and coastal transport services, leveraging the Kingdom\u2019s strategic location through which 13% of global trade passes through the Red Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This election underscores the Kingdom\u2019s ongoing influential role in developing international maritime regulations, supporting joint efforts to protect the marine environment, and enhancing the safety and security of global maritime transport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia has won membership in the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council for the 2026\u20132027 term, after receiving 142 votes from member states during the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,366],"tags":[589,590,64,66],"class_list":["post-3549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-politics","category-saudi-arabia","tag-imo","tag-imo-council","tag-ksa","tag-saudi-arabia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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