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The United States announced that economic sanctions would be imposed against an additional 18 designated Iranian individuals and entities variously supporting Iran’s ballistic missile program, its military procurement and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

On June 22, 2017 the American P&I Club gathered its membership for the 100th Annual General Meeting in New York. As a part of its following celebratory centennial dinner, the Club paid tribute to the loyalty of the three longest standing active members of the Association.

The American P&I Club issued a guide, entitled "Protecting the Marine Environment", in order to heighten awareness of seafarers to the impact ships, seaborne cargoes, fuels, stores and people onboard can have upon the marine environment. The guide aims to advise them that what goes onboard the ship should also come off in an environmentally friendly way.

The American P&I Club issued a notice to inform that the Maritime Safety Agency of the People’s Republic of China is initiating a special safety inspection program, with effect from June 1, 2017.

The American P&I Club issued a safety guide for shippers concerning the pilot boarding, as over the past five years, several injury incidents occurred from embarking and disembarking from a vessel’s pilot ladder.

The Managers of the American P&I Club conducted 106 condition surveys, during the 2016 CY. Ninety-one of the surveys resulted in deficiencies, while fifteen surveys resulted in no deficiencies noted. Forty-six per cent of the surveys were conducted on dry cargo vessels and tankers accounted for thirty-five per cent of total surveys.

The American P&I Club issued an alert, informing that the Maritime Safety Administrations (MSAs) in Hebei Province and Tianjin Municipality have both reportedly penalized a foreign ship for use of fuel with sulfur content over 0.5%. It is not clear at this stage how the vessel was penalized.

The American P&I Club issued a report, informing that several oil leaks, in the last year, resulted in delays in the loading and discharging of vessels at the key Venezuelan ports of Bajo Grande and Jose. Maritime laws prohibit oil-stained tankers from navigating international waters, until hull cleaning is performed.

The American Club has presented a few summaries of key regulations that shipowners should be aware of, when trading to and from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The American P&I Club released a guide of key regulations that shipowners should be aware of when trading to and from the United States and United States Territories. The guidance concerns safety, maritime security, marine environmental protection and liability.