The IMO's Amendment 41-22 to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code entered into force on 1 January 2023. Read BIMCO's report on the details.
In 2023, we highlighted upcoming IMDG Code regulations impacting charcoal shipments. Revised CINS guidelines, reflecting these changes, now offer updated safety measures for transporting charcoal in containers.
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View the latest IMSBC Code webinar presenting the general difficulties on shipment of solid bulk cargoes, together with some BIMCO recommendations to improve the situation.
This article outlines the upcoming mandatory implementation of Amendment 07-23 to the IMSBC Code on January 1 2025. It introduces a new cargo database covering all cargo descriptions, including 14 new cargoes, along with a summary of the amendments, exclusively available to BIMCO members.
BIMCO has hired Thomas Damsgaard to head its presence in the Americas. Read the interview with him about his role and plans.
Holidays play a fundamental part in shipping. Not only are holidays instrumental in determining if overtime rates have to be paid to stevedores or other port services, but in many charter parties, holidays are excepted from laytime. As such, charterers and owners will have opposing interests related... Please follow the link to continue reading.
BIMCO's Grant Hunter writes about autonomous ships to mark six months of operation of one in Norway
A joint article issued by ITPCO and BIMCO about just in time arrivals for bulkers and tankers
Ships heading for Australia, New Zealand and Chile and maybe Fiji need to be aware of the BMSB rules for 2024/25 season.
