BIMCO's Holiday Calendar 2023

Published: December 2022

Author: BIMCO

This publication is the most trusted and unbiased source of worldwide holidays and working hours in the shipping industry. It is an essential reference when voyage planning and negotiating charter parties and to help avoid disputes with third parties.

The most significant improvements in this edition are:

• Increased focus on local and regional holidays
• Exclusion of conditional and labour agreement holidays and greatly improved verification of entries supported by local, legal documentation to ensure reliability
• Holiday legislation is reflected at national, regional and municipality level.