Tag: BIMCO

The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s annual piracy report recorded an increase of piracy and armed robbery incidents in 2020.

The maritime industry’s transition to the sulphur regulation from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) which came into force on 1 January 2020 has not been without problems. Since fuel oil properties are fluctuating, it is expected that quality and safety problems will continue to be a challenge for the global shipping industry.

While some port communities seized the opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution and developed into full-fledged ‘smart’ ports, many others have barely grasped the essentials of digitalisation.

Currently, there is no common global standard for cleaning ships’ hulls to avoid transferring invasive aquatic species, nor for the potentially damaging debris washed off in the process.

BIMCO, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Videotel partner in unprecedented online education collaboration

BIMCO launches new sanctions clauses

Since July 2019, the international industry organisations have recorded a number of cases where ships have been detained upon arrival in Mexican ports

The global maritime transport industry* has submitted a proposal to form the world’s first collaborative shipping R&D programme to help eliminate CO2 emissions from...

BIMCO gained solid support for a submission at the 43rd session of the Facilitation Committee meeting (FAL 43) held at the IMO

More than 500 attendees from around the world gathered in Athens, Greece, for a day of panel discussions

BIMCO says it has proposed that the Fourth IMO Greenhouse Gas Study does not include unrealistically high gross domestic product

A global shipowning body has called for regulator International Maritime Organization (IMO) to dismiss high global gross domestic product