Xylas: Intercargo’s next chapter will focus on collaboration, innovation and leadership

The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) celebrated its 45th day successful Athens.

Intercargo has much than 350 members from implicit 35 countries, including much than 180 regular members representing implicit 4,400 adust bulk carriers, with a total capableness of astir 420 cardinal DWT.

This fig represents astir 40% of the planetary adust bulk fleet, highlighting Intercargo’s increasing power and practice successful the sector.

Since its founding successful 1980, Intercargo has steadily expanded its planetary reach, welcoming shipowners, managers, operators and work providers successful the adust bulk shipping industry.

Today, it covers each the large shipping regions of the world, reflecting a shared committedness to quality, information and biology responsibility.

Its work focuses connected safety, sustainability and the designation of the indispensable publication of adust bulk shipping to societies and economies worldwide.

Growing challenges

In his welcome code astatine the Intercargo dinner, the Association’s President Yannis Xylas raised the contented of accelerated changes and increasing challenges facing the sector, from the way of decarbonization and digitalization to changes successful trade patterns and regulatory complexity. “Our unity and communal intent arsenic an manufacture person ne'er been much important,” helium noted, adding:

“Intercargo continues to work tirelessly within the International Maritime Organization (IMO), arsenic well arsenic with determination and nationalist bodies, to guarantee that the voice of our members is heard and respected, that regulations are realistic and proportionate, and that the adust bulk shipping assemblage continues to run safely, sustainably and efficiently. As we observe our 45th anniversary, we besides look to the future. The adjacent section of Intercargo will beryllium 1 of collaboration, innovation and leadership.”

“Together,” Xylas added, “we will proceed to support adust bulk shipping, grow our technical expertise and uphold the highest standards of information and biology work that specify our industry.”

Xylas emphasized that Greek shipowners person been astatine the forefront of the adust bulk shipping assemblage for decades, mounting standards of excellence, integrity and professionalism that person inspired generations astir the world. “As we bespeak connected Intercargo’s 45 years of publication to the shipping industry, we tin consciousness arrogant of our journey,” helium concluded, adding: “Throughout these decades, Intercargo has remained true to its mission: to beforehand safety, quality, efficiency, biology work and just treatment of adust bulk carriers and their seafarers. These values stay astatine the halfway of everything we do.”