Tag: BIMCO

Following IMO's MSC 103 meeting which was held remotely from 5 to 14 May, a list of issues were discussed, one of which was the new requirements for water level detectors on non-bulk cargo ships.

Considering the attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf of Guinea by Nigerian pirates, 99 maritime companies, organisations and flag states, have signed the Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy, which was launched on May 17.

In the first quarter of 2021 high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) has been the only bunker fuel to experience year-on-year growth in Singapore, the world's largest bunkering hub, explains Mr. Peter Sand, BIMCO's Chief Shipping Market Analyst.

BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO are calling the shipping industry to share its experiences with marine fuels in a new survey.

BIMCO co-sponsored a paper asking the IMO to improve the ballast water record book. The aim is to improve the existing IMO guidance on the topic.

Ahead of President Biden’s Leaders’ Summit on Climate, the world’s major shipping organisations urged world leaders to examine the role of market-based measures (MBMs) to achieve ambitious decarbonisation targets.

Following the release of the first industry standard on in-water cleaning of ships, developed by BIMCO and ICS, IMO asked to include it in its on-going work.

Although the container ship “Ever Given” was fortunately freed after less than a week blocking the Suez Canal, the consequences for owners and operators due to the delays caused may last for several weeks or even months, notes Mrs Nina Stuhrmann from BIMCO.

BIMCO supports the Seabed 2030 initiative, in an effort to bring together bathymetric data and produce a definitive map of the world ocean floor by 2030.

The number of ships with scrubbers has doubled since the launch of IMO 2020. What is more, BIMCO notes that, the growth in the use of scrubbers is likely to increase, as the price spread between high and low sulfur fuels gets stabilized.