Tag: regulatory update

On 13 January, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published the final report of the Net Zero Review, commissioned by former prime minister Liz Truss MP and chaired by former BEIS minister Chris Skidmore MP.

BIMCO and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) teamed up with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at its headquarters in London to discuss opportunities and hurdles for the Maritime Single Window.

Signatories representing the entire value chain of green fuels call on politicians to aim for a proactive and ambitious regulation in the present FuelEU Maritime trialogue.

India decided to ban all foreign and Indian ships above 25 years of age from being registered under the Indian flag, in order to ensure compliance with global maritime standards.

Ships calling at Chinese ports are advised that from 22 December 2022 there is a requirement to record energy consumption data in accordance with the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP).

Cyprus has suggested automatic renewals of tonnage tax systems in order to halt defections and bolster the shipping industry hit by European sanctions on Russia.

Following Brexit, the UK no longer has access to the EU’s THETIS-MRV database. The UK is developing a database that can receive MRV data, but this is not expected to be ready until 2025.

India’s Directorate of General Shipping (DGS) issued a circular, covering the collection of vessels’ fuel consumption data for the purposes of the newly implemented Energy Efficiency of Existing Ships (EEXI) and Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) regulations, and also requires bunker suppliers to generate and submit electronic bunker delivery notes.

Due to the increase of COVID-19 infections in China, crew disembarking or taking shore leave at Korean ports from vessels whose last port of call was in China must undergo a PCR test and quarantine for one day.

The IMO adopted a U.S. proposal to increase protections for endangered blue, fin and humpback whales off the California coast. The proposal takes effect this summer.