The Seafarers Happiness Index platform from the Mission to Seafarers charity was originally founded in 2015 and is designed to monitor and benchmark seafarer sat......
BIMCO has developed a monitoring service for bunker prices, with data provided by MABUX, which is now available to all BIMCO members. The new interactive graphs ......
Tweets of a ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal may prompt skepticism. And then one sees the images. Indeed, a container ship is stuck sideways in the Suez Can......
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM code) was born out ......
Lloyds Lists annual rundown of shippings most influential players is fronted by those demonstrating the scale, will and desire to bring wholesale changes to an i......
The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) held its 74th session from 13 to 17 May 2019. The meeting was significant being the last MEPC session befo......
While a continued downward trend in Somali piracy has prompted leading shipping organisations to reduce the geographic boundaries of the High Risk Area for pirac......
Please note crew change (foreign and local crew) allowed in Manila South Harbour (Anchorage) Subic and Bataan only allowed local crew change. Sign-On Requirement......
BIMCO and INTERTANKO have jointly published QAs addressing the contractual implications owners and charterers should keep in mind when chartering ships fitted wi......
Is it useful to compare the COVID-19 with earlier disease outbreaks? A comparison with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014 2016 is probably not useful as t......