Tag: regulatory update

In the last post of USCG's series on Waste Reception Facility regulatory requirements, the Facility Safety Branch staff discusses how MARPOL 73/78 governing waste reception facilities applies to the three different categories of commercial fishing ports.

In the third part of USCG's review on Waste Reception Facility regulatory requirements, the Facility Safety Branch staff tend its focus on waivers and alternatives which allow ports/terminals and the Captains of the Port to identify alternative means in order to follow the intent of MARPOL 73/78.

In the second part of its review on Waste Reception Facility regulatory requirements, the USCG advises on the need for ports/terminals to maintain continued oversight of the reception facility services provided by third party contractors.

In line with the requirements of Shipping Order No 5-2019 all ships trading in Indian waters, ports or places need to be provided with a Ship Execution Plan regarding the use of Single Use Plastics onboard. Scope of the Plan is to provide guidance for the actions to be taken in order to comply with the requirement.

Two submissions on port call optimization are currently being prepared for two major IMO Committee meetings this spring. The first one concerns the Just-In-Time (JIT) concept and the second one regards port call harmonization. 

The era of digitalization and rapid development of technologies has called for immediate action, which led the IMO to issue and implement a series of regulations and guidelines on cyber risk management, with, last but not least, the adoption of the Resolution MSC.428(98), which calls companies to report any cyber risk in their ISM Code no later than January 1, 2021.

After the launch of the IMO's 2020 sulphur cap, Turkey updated its fines concerning tariffs for pollution; Accordingly, the new tariffs concern real persons and are applicable from 01/01/20 to 31/12/20. Namely, the fines are divided in four categories: A, B, C and D.

The Director General of Shipping in India issued an addendum on the regulation of banning single-use plastic in Indian waters, providing details concerning a delayed timetable for the introduction of the ban on plastics.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority issued a maritime bulletin informing of the voluntarily "early" implementation of the revised IMSBC Code concerning all ships registered in the Bahamas Authority.

The US Coast Guard Office of Port and Facility Compliance issued a reminder of approaching deadlines associated with the Seafarers’ Access to Maritime Facilities Final Rule, which was issued on 1st April and effective from 1st May 2019.