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BIMCO survey sheds light on the effectiveness of anti-fouling systems

In the autumn of 2021, BIMCO conducted a survey on biofouling to gather information from the industry with regard to anti-fouling systems (AFS) and the factors that trigger an underwater inspection or in-water cleaning. The results are out and provide useful insight into the biofouling management of... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Tripartite Forum: Shipping Industry prepares for major changes

The shipping industry is on the verge of major changes requiring  strong collaboration between ship builders, ship owners and classification societies, agreed the 70 plus participants of the 2018 Tripartite Forum held in Seoul, South Korea on 11 and 12 October.

SUPERMAN

The Standard Agreement for the Supervision of Vessel Construction, codenamed SUPERMAN, clearly sets out a ship managers’ duties and obligations when providing supervision services to a newbuilding project. It is an agency based agreement whereby the supervisors act for and on behalf of the owners. S... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Personal Data Protection Clause for CREWMAN A and B 2009

BIMCO Personal Data Protection Clause for CREWMAN A and B 2009 For the purposes of this Clause: “Data Subject” means any identified or identifiable natural person, including Crew. “Personal Data” means any information relating to any Data Subject connected with the Crew Management Services. “DPR” me... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Shipmanagers' Letter of Undertaking

The Shipmanagers’ Letter of Undertaking (LoU) is a model letter for use in third party arrangements where shipmanagers maintain and operate the vessel but have no financial involvement or interest in its ownership. The content of the LoU is based on provisions commonly found in market documentation ... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Cyber risk and autonomous ships

BIMCO has submitted four papers to the Maritime Safety Committee. The papers discuss how autonomous ships should be tried before they are allowed to operate, and that cyber risk management should be part of the ship’s Safety Management System.

CREWMAN A (Cost plus fee) 2009

CREWMAN A (Cost plus fee) 2009 is a standard crew management agreement whereby the owners appoint the crew managers as agents to perform crew management services in respect of a ship on a cost plus fee basis. The latest edition of this contract is CREWMAN A (cost plus fee) 2009. Copyright in CREWMAN... Please follow the link to continue reading.

Newbuilding contracts should require use of Shipdex

BIMCO and MAN Energy Solutions hosted a conference for software suppliers delivering Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to expand the use of Shipdex. Shipdex is the standard protocol for exchanging technical data - such as manuals – electronically between supplier and ships directly,... Please follow the link to continue reading.