The primitive approaches to brick-building famously used by Egyptians and Mesopotamians may seem light years away from the construction techniques harnessed in today’s maritime and offshore industries. However, the creation and architecture of the earl…
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October has been the best performing month of 2020 in terms of US exports of the goods outlined in the ‘Phase One’ trade agreement between the US and China. Export values of these goods totalled USD 10.3 billion, breaking the previous high of USD 7.8b …
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A first draft of the BIMCO Force Majeure Clause will be presented for review at the BIMCO Documentary Committee meeting 25-26 January 2021. BIMCO’s new Force Majeure Clause is advancing and will provide a high threshold for invoking it in order to avoi…
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Shipping has been thrust into the spotlight as the world grapples with decarbonisation. In the past, the sector has operated with minimal visibility to the worldwide population, all while transporting around 90% of its goods. However, its low-profile e…
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It is nothing new to anyone in the international shipping business that testing moisture levels in ethanol and methanol is a complicated, tedious and extremely costly process – for many, unnecessarily so. The existing process is fraught with problems t…