The shipping industry is working to improve fuel efficiency and ship performance to address decarbonisation requirements, new regulations and rising o ....
Clean product volumes loaded on LR2 tankers fell 28% year-on-year during the first nine months of 2026, following disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, while tonne-mile demand increased by 2%, according to BIMCO.
BIMCO has adopted the Energy Saving Device Retrofit Addendum 2026, a new contractual framework aimed at facilitating investments in energy-saving technologies installed during a time charter ... … BIMCO noted.
In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Shipping Analysis Manager, FilipeGouveia, looks at US dry bulk shipments to China which have picked up following weakened volumes in 2025.
The container shipping market is expected to come under increasing supply pressure in 2027 as accelerating fleet growth outpaces demand, while a potential return to Suez Canal routings could further weaken ship demand, according to BIMCO... BIMCO.
The container shipping market is still benefiting from geopolitical disruption and longer sailing distances in 2026, but a rapidly expanding fleet could turn that support into a supply problem next year, according to BIMCO.