Our work includes:
Working as Special Advisor to Arctic Council’s Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group on shipping and regulatory implementation
Working as a Consultant to the International Maritime Organization on Polar Issues, and Fishing Vessel Safety
Representing Insurance Industry at United Nation’s International Maritime Organisation on Finalisation of the Polar Code for Shipping
Working with European Commission on Maritime Spatial Strategies
Advising Individual Governments on implementation of International Regulation and adoption of Best Practice Standards
Advising Industry on Government and International Regulatory approach to implementation of International Regulation and Best Practice Standards.
Advising the Bonn Agreement Secretariat on constitutional issues surrounding the accession of States to the Agreement
For further reading on this topic and our work please see the following:
March 2021 Michael Kingston message on the occasion of the World Meteorological Day 2021:The World Meteorological Day (WMD) 2021 is devoted to the theme “the ocean, our climate and weather” . It celebrates WMO’s focus in connecting the ocean, climate and weather within the Earth System. It also honours that this is the starting year for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). WMO is committed to contributing with much of its work integral for the “safe ocean”, “predicted ocean” and “transparent ocean” goals of the Decade.
February 2021 Advising Bonn Agreement Secretariat
February 2021 Legal Advice – Association with Conways Solicitors
February 2021 Assisting on Humanitarian issue regarding ‘Economic Hostage’ in China.https://play.acast.com/s/c103/theirishmanbeingheldagainsthiswillinchina-corktoday
February 2021 Statement on behalf of IMO to Arctic Council’s Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group Meeting (virtual) regarding Polar Code, and ratification of Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety
January 2021 Has the Whiddy Island Disaster taught us anything about Safety of Life at Sea?
January 2021 Representing Arctic Council in Presentation to American Meteorological Society in conjunction with NASA
January 2021 Appearing before Irish Parliament regarding proposed legislation governing Ireland’s Marine Casualty Investigation Board.
Televised Proceedings 29 January 2021
December 2020 Ocean Focus – Ireland and the Arctic Council.
December 2020 Playing a Key role in Ireland’s current application to join the Arctic Council Southern Star
Winter 2020 Inshore Ireland, Pressure builds on Ireland to ratify
international fishing vessel safety
agreement
‘Michael Kingston representing IMO and Arctic Council PAME Group, highlighting OCIMF and ICS Best Practice Recommendations 24th November 2020’ Video
May 2020 Ireland’s RTE Six One, Television Interview regarding the grounding of MV “ALTA”
March 2020 Article in Ocean Focus Ireland’s Maritime Safety Regulations Must be Reviewed
March 2020 Statement on behalf of IMO at Ministerial Meeting Opatija, Croatia regarding ratification of Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety
February 2020 Ireland’s RTE News at One, Radio Interview regarding the grounding of MV “ALTA”
October 2019 Working as IMO Consultant at biggest Fishing Vessel Safety Conference in IMO History in Torremolinos Spain moderating the following panels:
Session 4: Improving Safety, Reducing Risk, And Protecting Our Search and Rescue Services; and
IMO fishing vessel treaty gets major boost at historic IMO-led Ministerial Conference
October 2019 Participating in 8th Symposium of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic, Wilson Centre, Washington D.C, United States
Inshore Ireland, Ireland Must Ratify the Cape Town Agreement.Summer 2019
Inshore Ireland, The Whiddy Island Disaster- High Court Action. Autumn 2019
Arctic Council’s Website ‘Arctic Shipping Best Practices Information Forum’
June 2019 Statement as part of Government of Iceland Delegation to IMO Maritime Safety Committee 102 Meeting, IMO HQ, London United Kingdom, regarding Polar Code, and ratification of Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety
April 2019 Talk Harvard University ‘Arctic Shipping and the Northern Sea Route, Shipping Trends, and The New Polar Code Regulations: The Concerns and Contributions of The International Insurance Industry’
February 2019 Statement Malmo, Sweden on behalf of IMO regarding ratification of Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety
January 2019 Keynote talk The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London on the Occasion of the Arctic Encounter London Gala Dinner at the invitation of the United States and United Kingdom
October 2018 Presentation, Vladivostok, Russia, as Special Advisor to Arctic Council’s Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group at Meeting of Arctic Council’s Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group at the Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University, 01-04 October 2018
September 2018 Organising Maine Trade Delegation to Ireland to sign Economic Partnership Agreement with Cork County Council– Inshore Ireland ‘Ireland’s Arctic momentum gathers pace’
May 2018 Talk Westminster ‘Plastics in the Ocean’
July 2018 Participating in 8th Symposium of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic, Wilson Centre, Washington D.C, United States
Panel video ‘Infrastructure and Investment – Can the United States Facilitate an International Arctic Seaway?’
Panel Video ‘Shipping – Operational Views on Arctic Shipping’
Successfully assisting Irish citizen in difficulty in United States Hope for Irish man Keith Byrne as top international lawyer gets involved in case Lawyer urges US to reconsider deporting Irish man
Tanker Shipping and Trade December 2017 ‘Rules are one thing: implementation another’
United States Coastguard ‘Proceedings’ Publication December 2017 ‘Why We Should Care ? - The insurance market and changing maritime industry risks’
November 2017 Talk Lloyd’s Agency
August 2017 Safety Will Not Stand Still for Ireland
Riviera Media January 2017 ‘Decoding the Polar Code’
Lloyd’s of London 03 January 2017 ‘Polar Code sets new industry standards’
Power and Energy Solutions 15 June 2015 ‘It’s Time to Target Sustainable Growth’
Insurance Day 10 June 2015 ‘Coming in From the Cold’
Insurance Day 09.12.2014. ‘Ice regime for Arctic Shipping Risks Welcomed’
Insurance Day 19 November 2014 ‘Optimism as new voyage limitation guidance tabled as polar code reaches final stages’
15 March 2014 Lloyd’s of London Press Release (repeated in several papers worldwide) following Arctic Ice Conference on 12th March
11th March 2014 & 12th March 2014 ‘Sustainable Shipping Conference Report’ on Swedish Polar Research Secretariat website and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs website