Tag: dry bulk shipping

During the 2024 SAFETY4SEA Athens Forum, Captain Panagiotis Nikiteas, HSQE Manager/DPA/CSO, Maran Dry Management Inc, addressed recent developments in the dry bulk shipping sector and discussed the establishment of DBCE and DryBMS.

Britannia P&I Club has released through SPICA, an informative update on the difficulties of conducting dry bulk cargo operations in Vietnam.

BIMCO in its dry bulk shipping market overview for October 2024, highlights that slower demand growth pressures freight rates.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Shipping Analyst, Filipe Gouveia, looks at the recent attacks on merchant ships in Ukrainian ports and waters and the effect it could have on exports.

During its annual general meeting that was held in London on 15 October, INTERCARGO elected Yannis Xylas as its new Chairman.

INTERCARGO has issued a statement to express concern regarding RightShip's decision to reduce the age limit of bulk carriers eligible for vetting inspections. 

Ian J McLeod, Managing Director at the Dry Bulk Centre of Excellence (DBCE), shares insights into the new DryBMS platform. He highlights that this self-assessment tool can help ship managers evaluate their performance and advance the industry beyond mere compliance.

The Baltic Exchange, the world’s independent source of maritime market data, has issued its report for the last week, 23th – 27th September 2024, to provide information of the bulk market performance.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Shipping Analyst, Filipe Gouveia, looks at China’s seaborne dry bulk imports which have risen 6% y/y between January and August 2024, defying concerns over China’s domestic demand, its real estate crisis and producer price deflation. 

The Dry Bulk Centre of Excellence (DBCE) has launched the Dry Bulk Management Standard (DryBMS) platform to improve safety management.