FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin In the first quarter of 2026, INTERCARGO (International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners) issued the first edition of the ‘Ship to Ship Transfer Guidelines for Bulk Carriers’, SQE MARINE informs in a recent circular. This marks the first time a dry cargo stakeholder has developed dedicated guidance for such operations. In contrast, tanker operators have long relied on established guidelines – developed by International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) , Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO), Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) and Chemical Distribution Institute (CDI) – with the second edition published in 2025. RelatedNews Baltic Exchange: Maritime market highlights 4-8 May Marine lubricants: A hidden seaworthiness risk var jnews_module_21370617_0_6a01de952e1d3 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21370617","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"263,317,314,528,1371,2275,48","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads