Şadan Kaptanoğlu, Immediate Past President of BIMCO: "Our industry urgently needs an acceleration of research and development".
The BIMCO documentary committee has adopted CII operations clause for time charter parties
The Intersessional Working Group on reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) from shipping had its first online meeting this week to advance the work on short term measures in support of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) initial strategy on reduction of GHG from ships.
The container ship orderbook hit a post-financial crisis low just below 2m TEU in October 2020. In the eighteen months since then, liner operators have seen record profits and a large percentage of these have been poured into newbuilding contracts.
BIMCO and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) have identified a need for – and therefore proposed - an alternative method to determine an accurate reference speed in connection with a carbon reduction framework currently under development by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)... Please follow the link to continue reading.
The amendments to MARPOL Annex VI (adopted in a consolidated revised Annex VI) are due to enter into force on 1 November 2022, with the requirements for EEXI certification coming into effect from 1 January 2023. The new regulations will require applicable ships to have their attained EEXI calculated... Please follow the link to continue reading.
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We estimate that the crude tanker and product tanker fleet will end 2023 up 1.8% and 2.0% respectively on last year. Crude tanker growth will also remain muted in the coming few years as the order book to fleet ratio remains very low at 4.3%. Contracting of product tankers has in the meantime inc... Please follow the link to continue reading.
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The dry bulk fleet is expected to grow by 2.8% in 2023 and by 2.1% in 2024, as both deliveries and ship recycling remain low. However, supply is expected to grow by 0.5-1% less than the fleet in 2023 and in 2024, due to the impact of EEXI/CII regulations on sailing speed. The current orderbook st... Please follow the link to continue reading.
