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.
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Do you want to compare your ship performance vs industry standard and identify efficiency improvements? The Shipping KPI system is the tool for you.
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For all the latest of BIMCO's own market analysis on global shipping, including macroeconomics, dry bulk, tanker and container.
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BIMCO's own free-to-use fleet graphics, bunker prices, Baltic Indexes and 3rd party market reports on sale & purchase, newbuilding, demolition, dry bulk and oil tankers.
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