The Baltic and International Maritime Council
| The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) |
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| Seat | Bagsværd |
| founding | 1905
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| president | Philippe Louis-Dreyfus |
| Members | > 2000 |
| Website | www.bimco.org |
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The Baltic and International Maritime Council (German for example: The Baltic Sea and International Maritime Council , short: BIMCO, formerly: The Baltic and International Maritime Conference) is an international shipping organization. The organization is based in the Copenhagen suburb of Bagsværd in Denmark .
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The organization, founded in 1905, functions as an independent association of ship owners, shipping companies , ship brokers , shipping agencies and numerous other parties involved in shipping. The goals of BIMCO are to improve standards and align rules and laws in maritime shipping. In addition, the organization works towards the development of a shipping policy that is fair and equitable for all parties.
The BIMCO is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) and attached to a number of United Nations organizations as an organization with observer status. There are also close ties to numerous shipping authorities, government bodies and other shipping stakeholders in the European Union , the United States and Asia .
With regard to its members, the work of the association consists of the collection and provision of a wide range of shipping-related data and information as well as advice and assistance in practical cases. The numerous standard sea freight , ship purchase and charter contracts are of particular importance here .
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ About BIMCO ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Baltic and International Maritime Council. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
