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ClassNK has issued Technical Information TEC-1023 regarding special requirements for asbestos regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagged vessels

LR issues Statutory Alert Lloyds Register has issued a Statutory Alert to remind of the procedures required to verify that new installations onboard are asbestos-free. Asbestos has been a persistent problem on board ships, and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and other organisations have instigated many measures to deal with it.On July 1, 2002, the SOLAS Convention implemented the first major ban on new installationof asbestos on newbuilds and existing ships. However, this still allowed some uses ofasbestos.On January 1, 2011, the Convention introduced a total prohibition. All new installations ofasbestos on all ships - existing and newbuilds - are now banned.ROs acting on behalf of flag administrations are expected to verify that materials which contain asbestos are not installed on ships by reviewing asbestos-free declarations and supporting documentation for the structure, machinery, electrical installations and equipment covered by the SOLAS Convention. These reviews are conducted throughout the newbuild process and during annual safety construction and safety equipment surveys.Above table includes all material used (i.e. repaired, replaced, maintained or added)as a working part of the ship. These should be documentedwith an asbestos-free declaration. Further details may be found on IMO Circular MSC.1/Circ.1426LR recommneds companies to ensure that:they have appointed a ...

On 1 January 2015 a new MARPOL Annex VI requirement will enter into force reducing the maximum sulphur content for fuel oil from 1.0% to 0.1% within sulphur Emission Control Areas (ECAs). In the United States, this will mean fulfilling the provisions of the North American ECA. Within Californian waters, vessels also need to comply with the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) Ocean Going Vessels (OGV) fuel rule which requires vessels to use distillate fuel oil (MDO or MGO) with a sulphur content not exceeding 0.1%. There are two principal differences between the requirements of the North American ECA and the CARB OGV fuel rule: MARPOL does not specify the type of fuel to be used other than stipulating that the sulphur content must not exceed 0.1%. The CARB OGV fuel rule requires the use of distillate fuel oil, not residual fuel oil. MAPROL permits the use of alternative emission control technologies (eg exhaust gas scrubbers) to achieve the necessary reduction in sulphur emissions. The CARB OGV fuel rule legislation does not recognise the use of such technology as a means of compliance. The CARB OGV fuel rule includes a sunset provision whereby, after review, the CARB OGV fuel rule requirements ...

AMSA has issued Marine Notice No 10/2014 to draw the attention of operators and ship owners to the ongoing prohibition of asbestos on ships

Nova Scotia Land met with a contractor to discuss work safety and hazardous waste on the MV Miner as plans to move the wrecked ship are put into action, CBC News reports. It ran aground on Scatarie Island in Cape Breton, N.S., three years ago. The environmental, transportation and health and safety permits are all in place. Nova Scotia Land, the Crown corporation overseeing the $12 million project, said it's a potentially dangerous job. The MV Miner was being towed to Turkey when it broke its line near Nova Scotia. The ocean and rocky coast have shredded the steel hull. Crews will build a base camp on the island and set up an access road from the shore to the ship. Some 40 people will work a four-day rotation to do the job.The steel will be loaded onto a barge and sold for scrap. Antigonish-based R J MacIsaac Construction has until November to remove the wreck. Source: CBC News  In the outbreak, I was frank with you propecia before and after has changed my existence. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is improbable to sit.

Nova Scotia Land met with a contractor to discuss work safety and hazardous waste on the MV Miner as plans to move the wrecked ship are put into action, CBC News reports

The Flemish Environment Ministry has seized the end-of-life car carrier GLOBAL SPIRIT

The NGO Platform on Shipbreaking, a coalition of environmental, human rights and labour organisations, sent a letter to the Flemish Environment Ministry Monday calling on Belgium to seize the end-of-life car carrier GLOBAL SPIRIT. The ship is now docked in Antwerp and loading 2nd hand cars to be delivered in West Africa before heading for the infamous ship breaking beaches in India where at least six workers have died so far this year crushed by steel plates and many more are sickened by occupational disease due to ship-borne hazardous substances like asbestos or PCBs. Under the Waste Shipment Regulation of the European Union, Belgium is obliged to prevent the export of all hazardous wastes - including from ships - from its shores to developing countries. The Regulation was designed to prevent the environmental injustice of rich countries exporting their toxic wastes to impoverished countries lacking the technology and infrastructure to manage such wastes. The European Commission has clearly stated that the laws in place are applicable in the case of the GLOBAL SPIRIT and that Belgium has an obligation to ensure that the ship is not exported for breaking to India. "Belgium must move quickly to prevent this ship from ...

The NGO Platform on Shipbreaking, a coalition of environmental, human rights and labour organisations, sent a letter to the Flemish Environment Ministry Monday

ICS released guidelines on transitional measures for selling ships for recycling five years ago, to prepare ship owners for the entry into force of the IMO Hong Kong Convention. The intention is that this guidance will be updated periodically as the new IMO standards are implemented by governments and more experience is gained. These measures are also supported by the national shipowners' associations in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States. The Convention requires each recycling facility to possess an approved Facility Management Plan which should provide a holistic system to ensure that ships are recycled in a safe and environmentally sound manner. It is unknown how many facilities possess such a plan at present and, if they do, the extent to which they comply fully with the IMO Convention. During the transitional period, obtaining confirmation that a Facility Management Plan exists is perhaps less important than shipowners obtaining firm guarantees in the contract of sale with respect to the Ship Recycling Plan and 'gas freeing' (see above). However, where shipowners are able to do so, confirmation of the existence of a Facility Management Plan, and its constituent subsidiary plans as described below, will serve as an indicator ...