BIMCO reports that, following several discussions with the Hong Kong Shipowners Association (HKSOA), the administration in Hong Kong is allowing conditional but unrestricted crew change in Hong Kong. According to information provided
Restrictions on making crew changes have proved to be one of the toughest changes facing international shipping in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. BIMCO, the world’s largest direct-membership organization for shipowners,
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has sent a recommended framework of protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the COVID-19 pandemic to all IMO member-states, the UN and other
With the collapse in oil prices, partly as a result of COVID-19, huge numbers of tankers are being time chartered for floating storage purposes. As a result, BIMCO is receiving enquiries about
Law firm Montgomery McCracken reports that the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision March 29, 2020, on a major issue of importance to ship owners and charterers – the
To assist the shoreside of the maritime industry in taking appropriate protective measures at office workplaces, BIMCO is issuing guidelines intended to help shipping companies avoid spreading of the COVID-19 disease at
BIMCO reports that, following a thorough executive search, it has appointed David Loosley as its new Secretary General & CEO with effect from June 2020. Loosley joins from the Institute of Marine
BIMCO Secretary General & CEO Angus Frew, has announced he will step down in the summer of 2020. The reason: He wishes to spend more time in the U.K. and less time
INTERTANKO and BIMCO have issued a joint guidance on the potential contractual issues that could arise when chartering ships fitted with exhaust gas scrubbers. Produced with the assistance of the North of
BIMCO’s Documentary Committee has agreed a new standard cyber security charterparty clause that requires the parties to implement cyber security procedures and systems, to help reduce the risk of an incident and