BIMCO’s DRY BULK TERMINALS VETTING REPORT FOR 2018

Published by Compass Handbooks at January 22, 2019

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The questionnaire is divided into the following five main categories:

mooring and berth arrangements
terminal services
terminal equipment
information exchange between the ship and the terminal
loading and unloading handling.

After receiving a minimum of five reports for a particular terminal, the results will be shown with a star rating, which provides a quick overview of its performance.

All information submitted in response to the dry bulk terminal vetting questionnaire will be anonymised so that your identity and that of your ships remains confidential.

BIMCO will protect all such information from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, modification, loss or theft.

The table below shows the status of the 38 terminals that have received more than five reports. The results of the vetting scheme will be updated on the website twice a year on 1 January and 1 July.

NAME	COUNTRY	UN/LOCODE
Szczecin	Poland	PL-SZZ
Quebec	Canada	CA-QUE
Newcastle	Australia	AU-NTL
Gladstone	Australia	AU-GLT
Ciénaga	Colombia	CO-CIE
Port of Moa	Cuba	CU-MOA
Rio Haina	Dominican Republic	DO-HAI
Santander	Spain	ES-SDR
Devonport	Australia	AU-DPO
Dampier	Australia	AU-DAM
Bilbao	Spain	ES-BIO
Thunder Bay	Canada	CA-THU
Santa Marta	Colombia	CO-SMR
Richards Bay	South Africa	ZA-RCB
Cristobal	Panama	PA-CTB
Puerto Cortes	Honduras	HN-PCR
Port Alfred	Canada	CA-PAF
Baton Rouge	United States of America	US-BTR
Puerto Cabello	Venezuela	VE-PBL
Galveston	United States of America	US-GLS
Xiamen	China	CN-XMN
Pointe-à-Pitre	Guadeloupe	GP-PTP
Port Hedland	Australia	AU-PHE
Tampa	United States of America	US-TPA
Tianjin	China	CN-TXG
Vancouver	Canada	CA-VAN
New Orleans	United States of America	US-MSY
Cartagena	Colombia	CO-CTG
Fort-de-France	Martinique	MQ-FDF
Point Comfort	United States of America	US-PCR
Port Arthur	United States of America	US-POA
Veracruz	Mexico	MX-VER
Barranquilla	Colombia	CO-BAQ
Kingston	Jamaica	JM-KIN
Houston	United States of America	US-HOU
Altamira	Mexico	MX-ATM
Port-au-Prince	Haiti	HT-PAP
Lake Charles	United States of America	US-LCH

Once a year BIMCO will publish a detailed report, which presents the collected data in a structured and accessible format. The report will contain figures and charts for a simple comparison and ranking of each terminal’s performance, together with comments received from ships. The report will be free of charge for BIMCO members. The report can be used as guidance for planning calls at terminals around the world. The data gathered will be published through the appropriate BIMCO media and the results will be an important tool in the dialogue between ships, owners and terminals especially when encouraging terminals to improve any identified failings.

Please be aware that this isn’t a “one-off” survey. We need ships to complete the questionnaire every time they leave a terminal to keep the information available up to date. It is therefore really important we receive as much data as possible. The number of reports is directly linked to the data quality thereby ensuring the strength and value of the information we will provide. Obtaining first-hand user information in this way enables BIMCO to gather the knowledge necessary to compare the performance of terminals around the world and provide a useful service to the industry.