The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) welcomes the announcement from the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin of the initiation of Operation Prosperity Guardian, to address the security challenges in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and expresses gratitude for action being taken to safeguard the lives of our seafarers and ships.
Baku port has ambitious plans to create a transhipment hub to handle cargo previously routed through Russia, with work to expand its container operations to 500,000 TEU scheduled for 2024.
As crucial interconnectors between logistics and clean energy stakeholders, ports are playing a greater role than ever in driving maritime transformation, says new International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) president and Port of Hamburg CEO Jens Meier.
This submission is made on behalf of ICS, the UK Chamber of Shipping, WSC, and ASA (collectively, the “Associations”), in response to the consultation on the CMA’s provisional decision not to introduce a UK-specific block exemption for liner shipping consortia on expiry of the Retained Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (“Retained CBER”).
Agenda: HARMFUL AQUATIC ORGANISMS IN BALLAST WATER. Submitted by Australia, Canada, Ireland, Marshall Islands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, ICS, BIMCO, INTERTANKO, INTERCARGO and BEMA