'Our gift to the industry': the genesis of a collaborative bulker safety standard project

Last week's launch of new charterer and owner-driven safety standards for bulker operators has been a long time in the making.

The seed of the idea was planted in Greece 10 years ago when David Peel, the European manager of risk management company RightShip, was talking about the lack of common benchmarks for dry cargo vessels with Enterprises Shipping & Trading president and managing director George Sarris.