Introduction The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) entered into force on 20 August 2013. The convention establishes minimum working and living standards for all seafarers working on ships and aims to ensure seafarers’ rights to decent employment c…
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Iran, Venezuela and again Iran are among the typical geopolitical factors which have affected the tanker market over the course of the past few years and the Middle Eastern country is back into play once again. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker A…
Tanker Market and the Scrapped Iran Agreement: What Do Shipbrokers Say? Read More »
A recent survey conducted with participants at a Technology Summit in Hamburg highlighted that 82% of senior shipping executives have process automation and digitalization initiatives currently underway. Alexander Buchmann, Managing Director of ship ma…
How technology is re-shaping the shipping industry: Five technology game changers Read More »
INTERCARGO’s latest Bulk Carrier Casualty Report, which provides an analysis of bulk carrier total losses between 2008 to 2017 (see https://www.intercargo.org/bulk-carrier-casualty-report-2017/), has been submitted to the International Maritime Organiz…
INTERCARGO: “On Bulk Carrier Casualties & Incidents” Read More »
For weeks, the main story in the demolition market was about Pakistan. This time around the “tune” of the market is heading further more to the East. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas highlighted this very fact, by noting t…
Demolition Market: After Pakistan, Here Comes China to Shift the Market Again Read More »