Tag: Charterers
Where Are The Five-year-old VLCCs?
Vanishing act: what has happened to all the five-year old VLCCs?, intrigues a Riviera.
State of the VLCC orderbook
Charterers should be seriously concerned at the...
FSL Files A Lawsuit Against A Charterer
However, the deal fell through due to delivery schedule delays caused by a customs probe into cargo specifications.
FSL said that the investigations...
The First Dual-Fuel LPG Carrier Arrives At Hartmann
German shipping company Hartmann Reederei has taken delivery of GasChem Homer, the first in a series of three 5,000 cbm LPG carriers being...
Charterers Condemned As ‘No Crew-change Clause’ Mount Seafarer Crisis
Charterers of vessels have found increasingly sophisticated ways to avoid crew changes and compound misery for hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck at sea...
Charterers To Go Picky Over New IMO Carbon Rules
New efficiency standards to squeeze tonnage supply
Charterers may embrace only efficient ships
Onus on shipowners to face carbon conundrum
Draft amendments to the...
Transparency The Key To Crew Change Challenge, Says BIMCO
A recent article published on BIMCO website says transparency and dialogue between owners & charterers is the key to crew change challenge.
Freedom of contract
Shipping...
Charterers Want Cargo Not the Crew, ‘Passing Parcel’ on Crew Change
Charterers state that vessels should not have any seafarers who have been serving onboard continuously for more than 12 months.
Charterers are increasingly...
Crew Changes To Get Harder With These ‘Dire Strategies’
Charterers and owners are not showing themselves in a good light in terms of helping out with shipping’s humanitarian crisis at sea.
Charterers...
Shipowners Worried As Containership Hiring Declines by 50%
According to a LoadStar article written by Mike Wackett, ocean carriers' optimism is being driven by higher freight rates and cheaper fuel – but...
Coronavirus Making Charterers Switch To Bulk Freight As Rates Wreak Havoc!
Blank sailings have made it impossible for the containers to reach in time in the US
Shippers are at a shortage of container...