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Responding to the UN Secretary-General’s call for “urgency and ambition” on climate change, the entire global shipping industry is giving “full and unequivocal” backing to a moon-shot proposal submitted by governments, to catalyse the complete decarbonisation of maritime transport by deployment at scale of zero-carbon ships within a decade.
BIMCO’s approval body for contracts and clauses will meet online on 23 February. The development of a series of carbon clauses is high on the Committee’s agenda. An Emissions Trading System Allowances (ETSA) Clause for time charters is up for adoption and the Committee will also be asked to review a first draft of a CII Compliance Clause. Both clauses follow hard on the heels of the EEXI Transition Clause published in December last year as part of BIMCO’s prioritised roll-out of carbon-related clauses for the industry.
The container ship orderbook hit a post-financial crisis low just below 2m TEU in October 2020. In the eighteen months since then, liner operators have seen record profits and a large percentage of these have been poured into newbuilding contracts.
A new guide developed by the Global Industry Alliance (GIA) to support low carbon shipping has been launched with the aim to provide both port and shipping sectors with practical guidance on how to facilitate Just-In-Time Arrivals (JIT).
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 4) will meet next week.
Many shipowners are presently struggling with the implementation of individual ship’s monitoring plans (MP) so here is the latest information as guidance.
BIMCO applauds the landmark announcement by Maersk of its ambition to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
This is a recording of a webinar which took place on 16 December 2021 about the use of wash water analysis as opposed to wall wash tests to ascertain tank cleanliness before commencement of loading operations in chemical tankers.
