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INTERTANKO was established in 1970 to represent the interests of independent tanker owners around the world. The three main goals of INTERTANKO are: Safe Transport, Cleaner Seas and Free Competition. INTERTANKO has some 250 members with 2,050 tankers totalling 161 million tons deadweight(dwt) which represents 70% of the independently owned tanker fleet and 80% of the total world tanker fleet. In addition, to its full members, INTERTANKO also has an associate membership which now stands at some 290 companies.

INTERTANKO maintains a strong proactive stance in its efforts to represent the tanker industry effectively at international, regional, national and local levels. The Secretariat has a staff of 26, while the Association's network of 14 Committees and three Regional Panels is responsible for coordinating a work programme with some 50 agenda items. In recent years greater attention has been paid to developing relationships with governments and with other shipping and related organisations, working together whenever possible to mutual benefit, and to pressing for a more equitable sharing of responsibilities and liabilities amongst all parties involved in the tanker transport chain. This process was taken a stage further with the opening of new INTERTANKO offices in Singapore and Washington D.C. in 1999, in addition to the principal offices in Oslo and London. INTERTANKO has consultative status with the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

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