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- LIST OF LOCAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISCHARGE OF SCRUBBER WASH WATER
- Sulphur emission control areas and national sulphur emission restrictions
- BIMCO's position on ballast water management
- The impossible mission of improving operational efficiency year after year
- What is it about speed that upsets the shipping industry?
- How port State control will sample fuel oil going forward
- Decoupling of world trade and emissions is a reality for shipping
- The International Maritime Organization - biofouling
- BIMCO's position on marine plastic litter
- USCG Ballast Water Management information
- BIMCO's position on biofouling management
- Biofouling National initiatives
- Hull fouling clause for time charter parties
- Biofouling Hull Cleaning
- Shipping industry should brace for underwater regulation
- BIMCO's advice on ship recycling
- Is on board fuel blending allowed?
- BIMCO's position on air pollution
- The discord between MARPOL and commercial fuel samples interpreted
- BIMCO advises shipowners to check ballast water system installation plans
- BIMCO's position on underwater radiated noise
- Ballast water management
- BIMCO's position ongreenhouse gases (GHG) emissions
- Oily water separator guide
- Introduction to Biofouling
- Why 1 March is your real deadline
- Shipowners urgently need a fuel-management plan
- Most risks associated with new blended fuel are old ones
- CIMAC Guideline: The Interpretation of Marine Fuel Analysis Test Results
- MARPOL Annex VI ECA compliance and fuel switching
- ISO issue letter of conformity ahead of 2020 sulphur cap
- Is your crew prepared for 2020
- IMO: The chance of postponing 1 January 2020 deadline is zero
- IMO releases guidance on scrubber failure
- IMO publishes revised fuel sampling guidelines
- IMO publishes port state control guidance ahead of 1 January 2020
- IMO issues guidance for applying 2020 requirements to emergency equipment
- IMO 2020 sulphur limit guidelines
- Guidance on low-sulphur fuel oil now available
- Fuel switching – safety alert
- FONAR: The expensive tool shipowners should avoid
- Focus on fuel segregation risks, not contaminated fuel
- Final Report on Evaluation of MARPOL Annex VI regulation 14 Compliance Options for global sulphur cap
- CIMAC Guideline: ISO 8217:2017 - FAQ
- CIMAC guideline: marine fuel handling in connection to stability and compatibility
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Safety
- Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Risks of severe legal actions against ships
- Industry associations seek input to increase the safety of anchoring
- Australian Port State Control (PSC)
- BIMCO's position on safe and efficient navigation
- COVID-19; Implications on statutory ship certificates, surveys, inspections and audits
- Industry recommendations for ECDIS familiarisation
- Industry guidance and recommendations for ECDIS training
- Electronic navigation needs standardisation to stay safe
- Entry into enclosed spaces
- FAQ - Port State Control
- Industry guidance to shipowners for selecting new or replacement on-load lifeboat release hooks
- Inland Waters Navigation and Information
- View all Ships inspections and Port State control
- List of certificates and documents required to be carried on board ships
- Paris MoU PSC - New Inspection Regime
- 2011 Procedures for Port State control
- Paris MoU Port State Control deficiency codes
- Port State control simplified guidance
- SeaHealth - Mooring Do it Safe
- United States Coast Guard Port State Control Inspections
- WHO Handbook for Inspection of Ships and Issuance of Ship Sanitation Certificates
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Security
- United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988
- Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy and Enhance Maritime Security in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea Best Management Practices – BMP5
- BMP West Africa
- BIMCO guidance on stowaways
- BIMCO security guidelines: "From capture to release"
- BIMCO security guidelines: "From capture to release" - Executive summary
- BIMCO's Guidelines on Ship and Voyage Specific Risk Assessment
- BIMCO's position on cyber security
- BIMCO's position on piracy, armed robbery and other violent criminal acts at sea
- BIMCO's position on smuggling
- Customs -Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT)
- Cyber compliance in the crosshairs
- Cyber-security - The case for hardened defences
- Do you know what’s on board your ship? Probably not.
- Enough talking: five ways to fight piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
- EU Advance Cargo Declaration
- EU Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)
- Global Counter Piracy Guidance for Companies, Masters and Seafarers
- Good practice guide for the humanitarian support of seafarers and their families
- Guidance relating to the Construction and Use of Citadels
- Guidance regarding Private Maritime Security Contractors (incl. Armed Guards)
- The Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy
- IMO guidance - preparation of a company and crew for the contingency of a hijack
- Industry releasable threat assessments & bulletins
- Introduction to drug smuggling
- SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code
- Migrant smuggling
- Migration
- ATP-02.1 Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS)
- Incident alert from ReCAAP
- Piracy reports
- Preventing and suppressing piracy and armed robbery against ships
- Prevention of wildlife smuggling by sea
- Shipping must not underestimate the threat to its cyber security
- Shore leave and access to ships in US ports
- Case study: Stowaways on board - How did they get there?
- US TWIC regulations modified – non-US personnel now also eligible to apply
- Unlicensed weapons could compromise GUARDCON
- US Importer Security Filing (formerly known as "10+2")
- War risks - Hull insurance against war, piracy, terrorism and related perils
- What are Customs Co-operation Agreements (CCAs)?
- Nine pirates convicted in Togo
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Crew support
- COVID-19 implementation measures for sea transport
- Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) - A Quick Summary
- Amendments (2014) to MLC, 2006 - Financial Security and Shipowners' Liability
- WHO Handbook for Inspection of Ships and Issuance of Ship Sanitation Certificates
- Infectious or contagious diseases
- Amendments (2016) to MLC, 2006 - Shipboard Harassment/Bullying and MLC Certificate Extension
- Amendments (2018) to MLC, 2006 – Impact on SEA, Wages and Repatriation in Piracy and Armed Robbery situations.
- Amendments 2022 to MLC, 2006 and resolutions adopted
- Cannabis: calls for review of policies on board
- Consolidated MLC Text 2019
- Coronavirus COVID 19 - Christmas Tribute to Seafarers
- COVID-19 Extension on crew certificates
- COVID-19 Seafarers' Mental Health
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - crew change challenges
- COVID-19 quick guidance
- Guidelines on Inspections and implementation of occupational safety health provisions
- Good practice guide for shipping companies and manning agencies
- MLC, 2006: Title 1 Minimum requirements for seafarers to work on a ship
- MLC, 2006: Title 2 Conditions of employment
- MLC, 2006: Title 3 Accommodation, recreational facilities, food and catering
- MLC, 2006: Title 4 Health protection, medical care, welfare and social security protection
- MLC, 2006: Title 5 Compliance and enforcement
- Textbook of Maritime Medicine
- WHO handbook on management of public health events on board ships
- BIMCO's position on the fair treatment of seafarers
- Flag state legislation on MLC, 2006
- General Information and Guidance
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Shipping KPIs
The BIMCO Shipping KPI System is a global shipping industry tool for defining, measuring and reporting information on ship performance.
Shipping KPI System
Holiday calendar
BIMCO's Holiday Calendar covers general holidays in over 150 countries, plus local holidays and working hours in more than 680 ports around the world.
Taxes, tariffs & charges
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