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As adopted at the General Meeting in Athens, May 2019
BIMCO is setting up a sounding board with the aim to engage a broad group of stakeholders in the process of drafting a sale and leaseback term sheet, as the sale and leaseback market continues to expand.
As part of its offering to members, BIMCO has updated and expanded its online database on ice information. Foremost, the web-resource reflects the recently amended Polar Code and the subsequently revised national rules, which regulates navigation in arctic waters.
BIMCO is pleased to announce that following a thorough executive search, it has appointed David Loosley as its new Secretary General & CEO with effect from June 2020. Mr Loosley joins from the Institute of Marine Engineering Science & Technology (IMarEST), the international membership body for all marine professionals, which he has successfully led for the last eight years.
Read the latest digest of maritime security incidents and the weather forecast for piracy threat areas for the week to come.
Every year, BIMCO considers what is in store for the shipping industry and for BIMCO in the coming years, while also reflecting on the year gone by. We put all the thoughts in a magazine. This year is no different, and a range of BIMCO people have written their opinions on what the new year will bring.
IDEA will be shut down at midnight between 31 December 2019 and 1 January 2020 CET. It is impossible to execute a contract using IDEA after that time.
December 2019 IMO publishes a Corrigenda to the IMDG Code (Amendment 39-18)
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