A new legislation to permanently ban offshore drilling on Pacific Coast was introduced by US government. The bill would protect $44 billion coastal economies of California, Oregon, and Washington.
Read moreDetailsA change to MARPOL Annex 1 (Chapter 9, Regulation 43) prohibits the use of heavy grade oil (HGO) as ballast in the Antarctic area, which is defined as the sea area south of Latitude 60°S. This new requirement applies to both new and existing ships operating in the Antarctic area from March 1, 2016, and is in addition to the existing Antarctic area ban on carriage of HGO in bulk as cargo or carriage and use as fuel.The remainder of Regulation 43 remains the same. The specification of HGO is unchanged. If previous operations have included the carriage or use of HGOs, cleaning and flushing of oil pipelines is not required. The ban does not apply to vessels engaged in securing the safety of ships or in search and rescue operations.Shipowners and operators need to ensure that ships have the capability to discharge all heavy grade oil to available shore facilities before entering the Antarctic area. Shipbuilders and designers need to ensure that ships intending to travel in the Antarctic area are designed and built to be able to comply with the new regulation. Find further details by reading IMO Circular MEPC.256 (67) on the Amendment to MARPOL Annex ISource: LR In the origin, ...
Read moreDetailsThe Swedish P&I Club informs that a further letter from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has been sent with reference to the prohibition of crude oil vessels from Nigeria.
Read moreDetailsThe Gard P&I Club has issued Alert to inform some charterers have requested that tanker owners sign Letters of Comfort addressed to the charterers themselves or the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Read moreDetailsLetters of Comfort are now being sought to guarantee that the nominated vessel will not be used for any illegal activity in Nigerian territorial waters.
Read moreDetailsAMSA has banned an Indonesian flagged general cargo ship from entering or using any port in Australia
Read moreDetailsIntertanko has protested against Nigeria's recent decision to ban 113 tankers from its coast.
Read moreDetailsCruise ships prohibited from calling at the Crimea peninsula
Read moreDetailsAMSA has banned a vessel from entering or using any port in Australia for 12 months
Read moreDetailsAMSA has issued a direction to Indonesian flagged multipurpose ship MV Meratus Sangatta not to enter any port in Australia
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