Dry bulk shipping is riding the waves of industry developments, facing at the same time its own particular challenges. Time-wise these span from the imminent to longer-term ones. In the immediate to short-term, we see the BWM (Ballast Water...
INTERCARGO’s Brief on the outcome of the 98th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 98) which met between the 7th and 16th June 2017, is attached. The Brief covers topics that may be of interest to members and includes: Cargoes Common...
The INTERCARGO Secretariat is pleased to communicate the attached open article on Ballast Water Management, providing our insights on the current relevant developments that are of major concern to the shipping community and especially to INTERCARGO...
On the 29th March 2017, DNV GL arranged a Bulk Carrier related seminar in London during which, the following presentations were delivered: Update and Outlook of the Bulk Carrier market – Morten Lovstad, DNV GL Chinese Newbuildings – Wei...
INTERCARGO was at CMA Shipping 2017 Conference (March 20-22, USA). Secretary General Dr Kostas Gkonis was a panellist during a first-day keynote session and informed the audience on dry bulkers’ challenges in relation to BWM regulations...
INTERCARGO members and guests had the opportunity to attend a very interesting presentation by S&P GLOBAL PLATTS delivered by Peter Norfolk, Editorial Director, Global Shipping & Freight, and Pradeep Rajan, Senior Managing Editor. The...
INTERCARGO members and guests had the opportunity to attend a very interesting presentation on the Rightship Qi Predictive Model delivered by Warwick Norman, CEO of RightShip. The presentation provided much attended and very useful clarifications...
INTERCARGO participated at the IHS Maritime & Trade Risk Forum 2017 ()
in the panel about LOW-LEVEL CORRUPTION: A HEIGHTENED RISK FOR SHIPPING COMPANIES.
See details here.
INTERCARGO is supporting the 6th IMarEST Ballast Water Technology Conference to be held at IMO, London on 12-13 January 2017. INTERCARGO members attending the conference are eligible for a 15% discount. Details and registration at the following link...
Last week the US Coast Guard (USCG) approved two more ballast water management (BWM) systems by Alfa Laval and OceanSaver, after having done so for Optimarin earlier this month. So the three in total USCG BWM System Type Approval Certificates have...