One of the correspondents in Indonesia/Singapore, Spica Services, has reported that there have been a significant number of vessel detentions in the Eastern parts of the Singapore Strait, mainly in the waters around Bintan Island.
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1 March 2019
25 February 2019
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25 February 2019
Rules 2019 / 2020 and details of Correspondents
20 February 2019
One of the Club’s China correspondents, Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service Ltd, reports that the China Maritime Safety Authority published a Notice on 29 December 2018 giving guidance on the implementation of new Emission Control Area (ECA) regulations applicable from 1 January 2019.
19 February 2019
Following China’s ratification in 2018 of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, one of the Club’s China correspondents, Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service Ltd, reports that the measures have been in force from 22 January 2019.
15 February 2019
Members proceeding to ports in Gabon should note that all vessels are subject to Port State Control (“PSC”) inspection and there is currently a long list of “deficiencies” which vessels should take care to try to rectify beforehand, or otherwise risk being fined.
15 February 2019
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has added Venezuela’s State-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA (“PdVSA”) to the SDN list as of Monday 28 January 2019.
28 January 2019
Members will be aware that the US Dept of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has previously given repeated extensions of time for winding down operations and contracts with En+ Group PLC (“EN+), UC Rusal PLC (“Rusal”), JSC EuroSibEnergo (“ESE”) and GAZ Group
11 January 2019
Members should note that the level of pollution fines in Turkey has been amended with effect from December 2018 with increases in the fines from between 3 to 14 times previous levels.
20 December 2018
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal Transport Authority (FTA) have advised that, with effect from 1 January 2019