BIMCO Holiday Calendar 2026

The Holiday Calendar 2026 lists the general holidays for each country, as well asthe operating hours of the country's main ports and terminals. This new edition has been revised to offer even better coverage, reliability and transparency. 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, legaldocumentation to ensure reliability holiday legislation isreflected at national, regional and municipality level.