Producers, sellers and buyers of commodities all live with price risk, where prices fluctuate between the time of sale and the time of delivery. Price fluctuation can be particularly dramatic w
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Mooring update: The adoption of amended SOLAS regulation II-1/3-8 (resolution MSC.474(102)), which entered into force on 1 January 2024, and the approval of the Revised guidance on shipbo
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Each year, PSC regimes identify a specific focus area to be checked during regular inspections. For the current year, the Paris and Tokyo MoUs agreed to run a CIC on the topic of crew wages and Seafar
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BIMCO's WINDSEACON project is making steady progress in developing a time charter party for supply of a vessel for the purpose of transportation and installation of offshore wind turbine gener
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Market strength remains predicated on Red Sea reroutings
Supply/demand balance
We have revised our assumption regarding when ships might return to
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WRECKSTAGE 2024 is a standard wreck removal and services agreement based on payment of a lumpsum in stages. The revised agreement introduces a Risk Allocation Procedure which allows parties to
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Port State Control
Progress and performance; highlights of the Paris MoU 2023
ANNUAL REPORT 2023
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Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS Convention) – mandatory reporting for containers lost at sea
In May, the Maritime Safety Committee (M
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Despite efforts made in the past by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to improve the safety of pilot transfer arrangements (PTA), and with good results, accidents, including tragic
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The BIMCO Documentary Committee has added to our existing library of ETS clauses by adopting three innovative ETS Clauses for Contracts of Affreightment (COAs). These clauses address Emission T
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