ITIC urges shipbrokers to check their internal communications systems

International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says communication failings within shipbrokers’ organisations can result in important instructions from principals being overlooked, leading to potentially costly claims.

TT Club Once More Urges Care with Coiled Cargoes

As part of its on-going campaign to improve standards of the safe packing of unit loads, including shipping containers, specialist freight transport insurer

China urges shipbuilders to venture abroad

China wants its shipyards to look actively for acquisitions overseas amid weak oil prices and freight rates that have led to declining orders for offshore rigs and vessels worldwide.

IMO urges offshore to explore possibility of global governance

The IMO secretary-general Koji Sekimizu has urged the offshore marine industry to explore the possibility of...

ECSA Urges for Swift Ratification of IMO Hong Kong Convention

European shipowners have called for a swift ratification of the 2009 IMO Hong Kong Convention (HKC) in a...

China urges more countries to help improve African infrastructure

China hopes more countries can show sincerity while assisting infrastructure construction in Africa, a Foreign...

China urges Indonesia to cooperate in fishery

China has called on Indonesia to cooperate in the fishery industry as Indonesia severed privileges given to China...