Tag: BIMCO

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Chief Shipping Analyst, Niels Rasmussen, examines the global crude tanker markets which have continued to reshape in 2023.

The focus on underwater radiated noise (URN) from shipping has significantly increased over the past few years. As a result, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided to raise awareness of the issue by drawing on lessons learned from the recently updated, non-mandatory IMO Guidelines, BIMCO highlights. 

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Chief Shipping Analyst, Niels Rasmussen, examines the state of the container market in 2023 which has lagged overall economic development significantly in terms of growth. In addition, the fleet capacity continues to swell, challenging liner operators. 

Industry associations BIMCO, ICS, CLIA, IMCA, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and OCIMF have revised the security guidance applicable to navigating in the Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Shipping Analyst, Filipe Gouveia, examines last year’s fall in real estate investments in China and how the liquidation of Evergrande could affect the dry bulk market. 

BIMCO has released the Dynamic Positioning (DP) Annex for SUPPLYTIME 2017, to advance contractual standards in the shipping industry.

The Q1 2024 Dry Bulk Shipping Market Overview & Outlook from BIMCO has been released which features an analysis of the dry bulk shipping market regarding supply and demand.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Chief Shipping Analyst, Niels Rasmussen, looks at product tanker recycling activity which dropped to its lowest level on record in 2023, partly due to strong earnings, second-hand values and a reduction in newbuilding deliveries. 

On 9 January, BIMCO, INTERPORTPOLICE, INTERMANAGER, the World Shipping Council and Northeast Maritime Institute held a conference in Houston to discuss the rise in drug smuggling using ships and the abuse of seafarers. 

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Chief Shipping Analyst, Niels Rasmussen, looks at the delivery of new container ships which could – once again – see the size of the container fleet reach a new record level in 2024.