By
Rebecca Gibson |
Ki-tack Lim, president of South Korea’s Busan Port Authority, will replace Koji Sekimizu as the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) from 1 January 2016.
The vote took place during the 114th session of the 40-member strong IMO Council, which will be in session from 29 June to 3 July. Lim’s appointment will be approved by the IMO Assembly, which will meet for its 29th session from 23 November to 2 December 2015.
Lim, who will initially serve as secretary-general for four years, has long supported the IMO and attended his first meetings as part of the delegation from the Republic of Korea in 1986. From 1992, he engaged in activities to promote maritime safety through effective implementation of IMO conventions in his country and other IMO Member States in the Asian region.
In addition, Lim served as the Republic of Korea’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the IMO from 2006 to 2009 and was chairman of the Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation from 2002 to 2004.