IMO Council renews Mitropoulos? mandate; Montenegro joins

IMO Council renews MitropoulosÆ mandate; Montenegro joins    The International Maritime Organization Council has renewed Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos' mandate for a further four years.
   The four-year term will conclude Dec. 31, 2011.
   Mitropoulos took up the role of secretary general in 2004 after first being a member of the Greek delegation to the IMO in 1965.
   In a separate development, Montenegro has become the 167th member state of the IMO.