Tag: benchmarking

Maritime charities, the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), the Mission to Seafarers, and Sailors’ Society have endorsed Diversity Study Group’s (DSG) benchmarking initiative that tracks crew demographics and year-on-year trends in seafarer psychological and physical safety and wellbeing.

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, Ardmore Shipping and Dorian LPG have signed on as founding members of Diversity Study Group’s (DSG) newly launched Seafarer Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Data-gathering and Benchmarking initiative.

INTERCARGO has announced that it is currently developing 'DRY-SAS', a risk based, tailored Self-Assessment Scheme specifically for the dry bulk sector, for which consultation within its membership is ongoing. Namely, the Association said that a wide consultation process prior to implementation of the scheme will be launched and more details will be announced within forthcoming months. 

RightShip announced a new program for the dry bulk sector which aims to ensure the highest levels of safety, security and environmental excellence. The new Dry Bulk Management Standard (DBMS) aims to support the improvement of safety and risk management standards within dry bulk ship management and  help drive collaboration, conversation and increased standards in the sector. 

Contract freight rates, paid by Beneficial Cargo Owners to move their products by container, have increased for a 4th consecutive quarter, according to Drewry consultancy. Drewry reiterates its previous warning to BCOs that they need to re-think their contract negotiation strategy.

PwC have just published its Global Shipping Benchmarking Analysis 2014 to provide an overview of the factors that impacted the shipping industry and to analyse how these have been reported by a large number of shipping companies from around the world.According to the report, the year 2013 was characterized by a growing optimism. Global economic activity and world trade picked up in the second half of the year. Demand in advanced economies expanded while in emerging market economies the export activity was the main driver behind the reported improvement in the relevant measures.

PwC have published their fifth annual Global Shipping Benchmarking Analysis providing an overview of the factors that had impacted the shipping industry in the previous year and analysing how these have been reported by a large number of shipping companies from around the world.