tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post4956538320606482887..comments2024-02-23T00:46:53.433-08:00Comments on The Virtual Shipbroker: When a ship is not the ship you thought she was!The Virtual Shipbrokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13194680475223774516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301590790606020.post-89590516584846823162010-09-14T22:46:07.029-07:002010-09-14T22:46:07.029-07:00BIMCO/ASBA issue guidance on "STBC" c/p ...BIMCO/ASBA issue guidance on "STBC" c/p term <br />Wednesday, 15 September 2010<br />BIMCO, working together with ASBA, has developed an interpretation of the term “self trimming” as used, but not defined, in Clause 12(a) of the NORGRAIN ’89 charter party. The term “self trimming bulk carrier” or “STBC” is frequently misused in the dry cargo sector as a general description of a ship’s suraznoreply@blogger.com