Bulk carrier safety continues to show steady long-term improvement, but the nature of risk facing seafarers is becoming more complex and multi-layered. INTERCARGO’s Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2026 covers the ten-year period from 2016 to 2025. Over that period, the global bulk carrier fleet grew from around 10,400 vessels in 2013 to 13,669 by December 2025. Against …
Clean tanker freight is built on conversion. Dirty freight can reprice fast on ton-miles and risk premium, but clean has to move refinery output into exportable product and then into scheduled cargoes that fit laycans, discharge windows, and commercially acceptable tonnage. Q3 will come down to that conversion chain — where workable supply meets the …
Clean tanker market climbs into overbought territory on flow optimism Read More »
Capesize C3 & C5 Supply vs Demand C3 (Tubarao–Qingdao): The current forward balance indicates cumulative vessel supply tracking below expected demand early to late July 2026, before gradually exceeding it into early August, indicating increasing forward vessel availability. C5 (West Australia–Qingdao): The current forward balance shows cumulative vessel supply tracking above expected demand across most …
Work on BIMCO’s WINDSEACON contract continues to move forward, with the subcommittee recently meeting in person to advance the drafting process and build on earlier milestones. The project aims to create a standard time charter party for the transport and installation of offshore wind turbines, supporting a sector that is expanding rapidly as demand for …
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El prestigioso fotógrafo José Manuel Ballester, Premio Nacional de Fotografía, impartirá la formación en el mes de octubre La convocatoria, con plazo de inscripción hasta el próximo 20 de julio, está abierta a profesionales y creadores emergentes residentes en España La actividad propone una aproximación visual y artística al Puerto de El Musel y …
La campaña CETALBORAN0526 registra 561 avistamientos de cetáceos y tortugas marinas y 146 horas de acústica pasiva, aportando nueva evidencia de la importancia de estas aguas en el contexto mediterráneo. El equipo científico ha registrado 561 avistamientos de cetáceos y tortugas marinas y 146 horas de acústica pasiva, una metodología clave para cubrir la …
Carlos Botana dio la bienvenida a los 22 alumnos procedentes de Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guinea Ecuatorial, Panamá, Perú, El Salvador, Brasil, Chile y Argentina y destacó la estrecha colaboración con la organización internacional desde el año 2016. Puso en valor el peso socioeconómico del puerto vigués, que mueve cerca de 900.000 toneladas de pescado …
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has landed a new decommissioning assignment at a field in the North Sea on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and hired Archer and NMC Energy to lend a hand with the plug and abandonment (P&A) scope of work. The post Well-Safe bags new North Sea decom job: Archer, NMC …
Altos funcionarios marítimos de 13 Estados miembros del Caribe se reunieron en Georgetown, Guyana (del 22 al 24 de junio), con motivo de la Quinta Reunión Regional de Directores y Jefes de Administraciones Marítimas (DIHMAR 5), con el fin de reforzar la cooperación regional e impulsar las prioridades marítimas comunes. La reunión congregó a …
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Eni Muara Bakau, a subsidiary of Searah that represents a joint venture between Eni and Petronas, has prolonged a drilling assignment being conducted off the coast of Indonesia by a semi-submersible rig owned by Brazil’s deepwater offshore drilling contractor Ventura Offshore. The post Encore for Ventura Offshore rig as Eni and Petronas extend Southeast Asian …
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