TY - JOUR N2 - The purpose of this publication is to briefly present selected issues, that have been the subject of the work of the International Maritime Publication in the last two years. For IMO this was a period when the organization had to face very serious consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. It influenced not only the fate of thousands seafarers in this industry, but also the functioning of the Organization itself, forcing to adopt innovative and unprecedented solutions. Their effects are still clearly felt and have an impact on the current as well as future work. Authors would like to draw the attention, inter alia, on issues that have become pivotal in this difficult time and others that focus particularly on aspects related to seafarers’ rights, autonomous ships, fraudulent registration and fraudulent registries of ships, increasing safety in shipping, facilitating maritime trade and protection of maritime environment. Simultaneously, it is worth stressing out that the list of important issues presented in this paper is not exhaustive. The article also briefly presents the organizational structure of IMO. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/121484/PDF/2021-02-PRMO-04-Lubowska.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/121484 PY - 2021 IS - No XLI EP - 136 DO - 10.24425/pm.2021.139481 KW - seafarers’ situation KW - COVID-19 pandemic KW - maritime safety KW - protection of the marine environment KW - IMO structure A1 - Lubowska, Aleksandra A1 - Sypion-Babś, Karolina PB - Oddział PAN w Gdańsku DA - 2021.11.17 T1 - Selected issues from the current work of The International Maritime Organization (IMO) SP - 117 UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/121484 T2 - Prawo Morskie ER -