World Shipping Council Archives - Page 2 of 11

Houthis put on warning: Now what?

4 January 2024

Yesterday saw growing international concern over the situation in the Red Sea as Houthi attacks on merchant ships caused more vessels to avoid the area and sent ocean freight rates soaring. While the story that hit the headlines was a formal joint statement from the governments of the United States and a dozen other nations warning the Houthis against further attacks, earlier in the day, the UN Security Council held a meeting on the issue.

'Attacks against international shipping in the Red...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/houthis-put-on-warning-now-what/

WSC: We need to get regulations right in next two years to ensure renewable fuels’ availability

11 December 2023

In a bid to secure a competitive landscape for the availability of renewable fuels […]

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https://www.offshore-energy.biz/wsc-we-need-to-get-regulations-right-in-next-two-years-to-provide-investment-certainty-for-renewable-fuels/

Shipping Australia and World Shipping Council work together on liner shipping policy

24 November 2023

Shipping Australia – the peak body for shipping in Australia, and the World Shipping Council – the global body that represents the international container and vehicle carrier sector, met recently […]

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https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/shipping-australia-and-world-shipping-council-work-together-on-liner-shipping-policy/

Ocean carriers warn FMC against regulating prices

2 August 2023

WASHINGTON — Revisions made to a proposed rule aimed at curbing the ability of container ship carriers to refuse to provide vessel space to their customers has delved into the dangerous area of price regulation, according to the carriers.

In a rulemaking proposed last year, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission attempted to define what is an “unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate” the vessel space that carriers provide for their customers’ containers.

After both carriers and shippers took issue

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ocean-carriers-warn-fmc-against-regulating-prices

2 firefighters killed in car carrier blaze at Port Newark

6 July 2023

Two firefighters died while fighting a blaze aboard a Grimaldi roll-on/roll-off vessel berthed at Port Newark in New Jersey Wednesday night.

Emergency personnel from the Port of New York and New Jersey as well as the New York and Newark fire departments and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a blaze aboard the Grande Costa d’Avorio that reportedly broke out at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Grimaldi Group, the Italian company that owns the vessel, said in a statement that the fire erupted on the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2-firefighters-killed-in-car-carrier-blaze-at-port-newark

Why do away with regulation that benefits shippers, ports, consumers, and supply chain workers?

6 April 2023

^{Pictured: a container ship. Photo credit; Cameron Venti via Unsplash}

By the World Shipping Council

The Shipping Act establishes rules that provide legal certainty to ocean carriers to share space on ships while ensuring competitive markets. Being able to share space on ships allows more carriers to provide more services more efficiently to more ports than carriers could provide individually.

That is good for shippers, ports, consumers, and all of the workers that keep the global supply network...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/why-do-away-with-regulation-that-benefits-shippers-ports-consumers-and-supply-chain-workers/

Industry calls for higher ambition in FuelEU, introduction of performance multipliers

9 December 2022

Danish Shipping, Methanol Institute, and World Shipping Council are calling for increased ambition in […]

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Enhanced ship routing key to US-Singapore low-carbon corridor

28 November 2022

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A trans-Pacific trade lane between Singapore and Southern California will use enhanced routing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/enhanced-ship-routing-key-to-us-singapore-low-carbon-corridor