Egypts Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced on Sunday the captain of Ever Given was fully responsible for the grounding of the huge cargo vessel that blocked the canal for six days in March. It is due to the captains repeated orders in a ve

The BIMCO Maritime Information department informs members on a weekly basis, updates about the COVID-19 in relation to implementation measures imposed by governments for sea transport including for crew change as well as from the United Nat

Up to no good Despite almost every driver being supportive, scrapping activity has continued to underperform during 2021. Gibson remains convinced that a key driver behind this is the presence of buyers willing to pay a premium price for vi

South Koreas DaeSun Shipbuilding said Tuesday it has signed a contract with Chinese liner company SITC to build up to 10 1023 TEU container ships worth nearly US $200 million. SITC said that its subsidiary SITC Shipowner has signed an order

The BIMCO Baltic ice reporting season for 2020/2021 covering Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden ends today . For the Canadian region , some areas like the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Great Lake

BIMCOs documentary experts have begun preparing charter party clauses to assist owners and charterers comply with complex new carbon regulations due to come into force in 2023. An impact study by BIMCO and several key stakeholders to identi

Four enterprises under China State Shipbuilding Corporation have passed the second batch of Manufacturing Individual Champion Demonstration Enterprise review, and 4 types of ships have won the Manufacturing Individual Champion Product certif

Leading international classification society, Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has announced major initiatives towards digitalisation and offering its services through a unified digital platform. IRClass has initiated creation of a se

Torqeedo will present the future of marine mobility at the Salone Nautico Venezia held at the Venetian Arsenale, a cluster of historic shipyards and armouries. The Salone Nauticos motto embraces this proud past - boatbuilding is coming back

A challenging claims environment including increased claims on the IG pooling system and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic were factors which impacted The London PI Clubs result for 2020/21. In a recent update to the membership, the C

Agreement announced after We4Sea trials application using Fleet Data on Heavy-lift vessels Dutch performance monitoring company We4Sea and Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, have signed an agreement for W

Total orders of dry bulk, tanker and container ships in the first five months of the year have jumped 119.7% compared with the same period in 2020, primarily driven by record high container ship contracting, as investors in this segment fin

BIMCO is launching Seafarers Deserve Support, the second in the series of films produced to raise awareness, this time calling on governments and decisionmakers world-wide to step up and support the seafarers behind world trade. On any give

The proposal to amend the Procedures for Port State Control, 2019 (resolution A.1138(31) led by Guangzhou Maritime Safety Administration was formally submitted to IMO and included in the agenda of the 7th session of Sub-Committee on Impleme

ABS continues its series of industry-leading alternative fuels guidance with the publication of its latest whitepaper examining the potential of biofuels in shipping.The Sustainability Whitepaper: Biofuels as Marine Fuel gives an overview o