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Shipping industry takes new step to protect marine environments
Cleaning a ship’s submerged parts from barnacles and other growths, while the ship is in the water, can transfer invasive species to local marine environments unless it is properly cleaned and the debris is captured. To combat this problem, and to provide clarity and quality assurance to shipowners,... Please follow the link to continue reading.
Independent testing & certification of in-water cleaning companies
The procedure replaces the “Approval procedure for in-water cleaning companies".
First global standard for ship hull cleaning essential for marine ecosystems
BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, has moved a step closer to finishing a global set of guidelines needed to protect the marine environment from invasive species and reduce CO2 emissions. Currently, there is no common global standard for cleaning ships’ hulls to avoid transferring inva... Please follow the link to continue reading.
Hull Fouling Clause for Time Charter Parties 2019
BIMCO Hull Fouling Clause for Time Charter Parties 2019 (a) If, in accordance with Charterers’ orders, the Vessel remains at or shifts within or between waiting areas, ports, places, anchorages and/or berths, and does not in the interim undertake a sea passage with speed and duration sufficient to r... Please follow the link to continue reading.
Updated Hull Fouling Clause clarifies performance suspension trigger
BIMCO has published an updated version of its widely used Hull Fouling Clause for Time Charter Parties. The new edition more clearly sets out the circumstances and point in time when responsibility for hull cleaning passes from owner to time charterer.
Hull Fouling Clause for Time Charter Parties 2013
The latest edition of this clause is the BIMCO Hull Fouling Clause for Time Charter Parties 2019
BIMCO and industry partners to launch hull underwater cleaning standard
In response to growing concerns over the impact of hull biofouling on the marine environment, BIMCO and a group of industry partners have set out to create an internationally recognised standard.
US regulations affecting your ships - get the August update!
This is the latest in a series of reports supplied by the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) with the intention of keeping BIMCO members appraised of legislative developments in the US affecting international shipping. BIMCO highlights only the relevant developments that would impact members. The ... Please follow the link to continue reading.
Explanatory notes
Introduction BIMCO’s Hull Fouling Clause for Time Charter Parties was first developed in 2013 to transfer hull cleaning obligations to charterers where, as a result of their trading requirements and employment orders, a vessel is subject to a prolonged period of idling in port or at anchorage that r... Please follow the link to continue reading.
