ISCOS is currently involved in:-

• Expansion of its Membership to cover the regional states of Eastern, Southern and Central Africa, particularly; Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and South Sudan;
• Conducting sensitization programmes among its Member States stakeholders in view of creating awareness of appropriate use of International Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS) , the implications of Marine Insurance and Law of Carriage by Sea on regional imports and exports;
• Promoting and articulating effective partnership between governments and private sector in enhancing investment in and management of deep-sea, coastal, multimodal, and inland waterways services;
• Promoting the development of the maritime transport sector within the region and its integration into African region as a whole through workshops and seminars;
• Strengthening, coordinating and facilitating national shippers' councils in mitigation of unfavourable transport costs and terms of trade through consultations/negotiations with terminal and transport operators in view of reducing the cost of doing business in our region;
• Undertaking studies on performance of Coastal and Inland ports in Member States;
• Collection of data on maritime issues in view of making informed decisions;
• Setting up modalities of corporation with ports authorities and CFSs with a view of addressing issues that affecting shippers on an ongoing basis.