Tag: regulatory update

MPA Singapore has developed a framework for the lifting of Not-to-Land (NTL) status and granting of shore leave for crew working onboard visiting vessels (i.e. vessels in shipyards and pleasure craft) in the Port of Singapore.

The European Commission presented its EU Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy last week and now provides answers to key questions, such as, how will this Strategy help Europe's economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis? And what regulatory changes does the strategy foresee? 

The UK launched the 2020 amendment Code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers focusing on improving the health and safety of the crew primarily on board UK registered ships.

Indian Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways plans to repeal and replace the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1958", as it has recently issued a draft of the Merchant Shipping Bill, 2020 for public consultation. 

As the IMO's 2021 to the IBC Code (MEPC.318(74) and MSC.460(101)) are entering into force on 1st January, offshore supply vessels that intend to carry NLS on international voyages after that date will be required to meet the carriage requirements listed in the OSV Chemical Code or approved equivalents, USCG advised through a new information bulletin (MSIB 24-20). 

Egypt issued amendments concerning the Egyptian customs law and the effects of such changes, focusing on prohibited goods, as well as on the penalties that will follow under the possibility of non compliance.

Interferry, the global trade association representing ferry industry, is conducting a major energy efficiency data survey to ensure that existing ferries can comply with short-term GHG emissions measures, agreed in principle at last week’s IMO MEPC 75 meeting.

The US Federal Maritime Commission has issued letters to the three global carrier alliances (2M, THE, and OCEAN) requiring that certain carrier-specific trade data currently filed with the Commission quarterly, must now be submitted on a monthly basis.

From 1 January 2021, the UK will have sole responsibility for its seas and fishing industry and we need to be ready for change. As such, the UK Merchant Marine Organisation (MMO) issued a guide for commercial fishers, merchants and exporters with the steps they must take to ensure their business continues to prosper.

Failure to ensure cyber risk management is appropriately addressed in SMS by the company's first annual verification of the Document of Compliance after January 1, 2021, may result in detention of a ship in US port, BIMCO warned.