BIMCO releases standards for Dynamic Positioning (DP) systems
BIMCO has released the Dynamic Positioning (DP) Annex for SUPPLYTIME 2017, to advance contractual standards in the shipping industry.
Read moreBIMCO has released the Dynamic Positioning (DP) Annex for SUPPLYTIME 2017, to advance contractual standards in the shipping industry.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreIn 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.
Read moreOn 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.
Read moreIn 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.
Read moreAccording to BIMCO, two papers have been submitted to the 11th session of the IMO’s Pollution Prevention and Response Sub-Committee covering operational and safety aspects of in-water cleaning as well as the revised Procedure for independent testing and certification of in-water cleaning companies.
Read moreIn this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Shipping Analyst, Filipe Gouveia, examines the potential for Argentina’s grain exports to rise 40% in 2024, recovering from last year’s drought.
Read moreBIMCO’s Director of Contracts & Support, Stinne Taiger Ivø, has been appointed Deputy Secretary General at BIMCO from 1 January 2024, a position never held by a female before.
Read moreBIMCO published a climate change glossary, to clarify and harmonise definitions and terminology to ensure that the discussions around climate change and potential solutions for the shipping industry are based on a mutual understanding of what the commonly used terms mean.
Read moreFollowing Pakistan's recent accession to the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC), all major ship recycling states, including Türkiye, India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, have become parties to the IMO's HKC, notes Dr. Bev Mackenzie, Head of Intergovernmental Engagement, BIMCO.
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