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- The discord between MARPOL and commercial fuel samples interpreted
- Is on board fuel blending allowed?
- Ballast water management
- BIMCO advises shipowners to check ballast water system installation plans
- BIMCO's advice on ship recycling
- BIMCO's position on air pollution
- BIMCO's position on ballast water management
- BIMCO's position on biofouling management
- BIMCO's position ongreenhouse gases (GHG) emissions
- BIMCO's position on marine plastic litter
- BIMCO's position on underwater radiated noise
- The International Maritime Organization - biofouling
- Biofouling Hull Cleaning
- Introduction to Biofouling
- Biofouling National initiatives
- CIMAC guideline: marine fuel handling in connection to stability and compatibility
- CIMAC Guideline: ISO 8217:2017 - FAQ
- Final Report on Evaluation of MARPOL Annex VI regulation 14 Compliance Options for global sulphur cap
- Focus on fuel segregation risks, not contaminated fuel
- FONAR: The expensive tool shipowners should avoid
- Fuel switching – safety alert
- Guidance on low-sulphur fuel oil now available
- Hull fouling clause for time charter parties
- IMO 2020 sulphur limit guidelines
- IMO issues guidance for applying 2020 requirements to emergency equipment
- IMO publishes port state control guidance ahead of 1 January 2020
- IMO publishes revised fuel sampling guidelines
- IMO releases guidance on scrubber failure
- IMO: The chance of postponing 1 January 2020 deadline is zero
- Is your crew prepared for 2020
- ISO issue letter of conformity ahead of 2020 sulphur cap
- MARPOL Annex VI ECA compliance and fuel switching
- Most risks associated with new blended fuel are old ones
- Oily water separator guide
- BIMCO publishes list of options for discharging scrubber wash water
- Shipowners urgently need a fuel-management plan
- Shipping industry should brace for underwater regulation
- CIMAC Guideline: The Interpretation of Marine Fuel Analysis Test Results
- USCG Ballast Water Management information
- Why 1 March is your real deadline
- Decoupling of world trade and emissions is a reality for shipping
- How port State control will sample fuel oil going forward
- Sulphur emission control areas and national sulphur emission restrictions
- The impossible mission of improving operational efficiency year after year
- What is it about speed that upsets the shipping industry?
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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)
- 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)?
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Crew support
- COVID-19 implementation measures for sea transport
- Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
- 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.
- 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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Latest Related News
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BIMCO COVID 19 weekly report
The BIMCO Maritime Information department informs members on a weekly basis, updates about the COVID-19 in relation to implementation measures imposed by governments for sea transport including for crew change as well as from the United Nation bodies like the International Maritime Organization (IMO), World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO). BIMCO provides the following update for this week ending Friday, 11 June 2021.
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Weekly piracy reports and analysis
Read the latest digest of maritime security incidents and the weather forecast for piracy threat areas for the week to come.
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The Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy
In response to growing concerns and increasing attacks in the region, a taskforce of stakeholders from across the shipping industry drafted the Gulf of Guinea declaration on the Suppression of Piracy.
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Shipping industry welcomes Nigeria’s creation of “Deep Blue” to stamp out piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
The Round Table of Shipowner Associations and OCIMF have expressed their full support for the launch of Nigeria’s Deep Blue Project.
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Greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions
BIMCO's position on "greenhouse gases emissions" has been approved by the BIMCO Board of Directors.
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