Dry Bulk Charterer

Sustainability in shipping is not just about the environment and Michael Grey highlights the issue of human rights of seafarers and the conduct of charterers.

Mining giant Anglo American is opting for LNG to reduce emissions with long term charters for four capesize newbuildings to owned by U-Ming Marine Transport.

The Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA) and Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (Singapore Branch) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the cross sharing of knowledge.

Intercargo has hit out over charterers preventing crew changes on dry bulk vessels with seafarers from certain Southeast Asian nations treated as “toxic”.

Chilean dry bulk shipping company Naviera Chilena del Pacifico (Nachipa), is opening its first European office in Hamburg as it moves to an asset-light business model.

Germany’s Oldendorff Carriers has agreed to acquire three capesize bulkers at an ‘en bloc package’ price of $212.76m from Singapore-based Trust Energy Resources, a subsidiary of India’s Tata Power Company.

RightShip is launching a new safety score which it says responds to industry feedback for a more transparent method of assessing vessel safety.