It is designed to gather information on the quality of the facilities and services offered and use it to drive improvements.

To gather the information, seafarers are being asked to complete a quick survey each time they leave a terminal.

Bimco said the identity of the ship or the company sending the survey would be kept confidential.

Once it has enough survey data, Bimco says it will create and publish information on the quality of a number of areas.

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