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Spills involving oil or hazardous substances can occur for a wide variety of reasons and where pollution occurs, clean-up operations are carried out by appointed spill responders. In a maritime context the incident giving rise to the spill may also involve salvage operations to save property and pre... Please follow the link to continue reading.

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Objective BIMCO’s objective for developing DISMANTLECON is to create a global, industry standard, scalable contract for offshore structure dismantling work and the subsequent transport to a designated place of delivery. It is a marine services contract designed to appeal equally to the party requiri... Please follow the link to continue reading.

New rules for ships calling at Honduran ports

The Honduran Maritime Authority has announced that all vessels visiting Honduran waters or requesting anchoring within the jurisdictional waters of Honduras, need to arrange stand-by marine pollution response with a local oil and HNS spills response organisation (OSRO).

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Background A declaration of General Average (GA) often leads to time being spent and costs incurred obtaining GA security from individual cargo interests and their insurers. The purpose of the Average Bond Clause is, as far as possible, to minimise the time it takes to obtain such security and reduc... Please follow the link to continue reading.

BIMCO President Sabrina Chao's Seasonal Greeting to members

Dear members, dear BIMCO community Firstly, I hope you, your family, your colleagues, and your seafarers are well despite the disruptions and challenges that the pandemic continues to throw our way. At this time last year, I believe we had all hoped to look back at COVID-19 as a thing of the past on... Please follow the link to continue reading.

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BIMCO has revised its EU Advance Cargo Declaration Clauses for Voyage and Time Charter Parties first issued in 2011. Background The EU Advance Cargo Declaration Clauses were drafted to meet the requirements of the new European Union customs legislation that came into force on 1 January 2011 – the E... Please follow the link to continue reading.