News items in 2017
30 Jan 2017
Web Alert: EPA issues FAQ guidance regarding North American and Caribbean ECA compliance
In response to questions regarding Emissions Control Area (ECA) compliance issues, the US EPA has released the attached FAQ guidance. The FAQ’s address a range of topics including handling exhaust gas scrubber effluent, NOx Tier III for dual fuel engines, fittings of non-Tier III engines on vessels constructed on or after 1 Jan 2016, and additional information about the EPA and Annex VI requirements.
30 Jan 2017
Web Alert: EPA issues FAQ guidance regarding North American and Caribbean ECA compliance
In response to questions regarding Emissions Control Area (ECA) compliance issues, the US EPA has released the attached FAQ guidance. The FAQ’s address a range of topics including handling exhaust gas scrubber effluent, NOx Tier III for dual fuel engines, fittings of non-Tier III engines on vessels constructed on or after 1 Jan 2016, and additional information about the EPA and Annex VI requirements.
27 Jan 2017
Web Alert: Italy - New legislation on pilot liability
On 19 December 2016, a law was published in the Official Gazette introducing certain amendments in respect of liability for port pilots. The new regime became effective on 3 January 2017, amending relevant sections of the Italian Code of Navigation.
25 Jan 2017
Web Alert: NRC launches Global Response Services
National Response Corporation (NRC) has announced it will now provide oil spill emergency response coverage to tank and non-tank vessels on a global basis via their Global Response Services (GRS), effective as of 1 January 2017.
19 Jan 2017
Web Alert: UNHRC – The number of migrants entering Mediterranean by sea dropped in 2016
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) recently released a report showing that the total number of migrants who reached the Mediterranean by sea in 2016 fell by nearly two-thirds in comparison with 2015. According to the UNHRC, 364,000 migrants had reached Europe via a Mediterranean crossing during 2016 compared to 1,015,07 refugees who were estimated to have crossed the Mediterranean in 2015.
17 Jan 2017
Web Alert: Sulu-Celebes Sea - increase in pirate attacks & crew abductions
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre conducted a two day meeting of anti-piracy contact points and a workshop on piracy and armed robbery against ships involving participants from Africa, Asia and Europe in Singapore on 11 and 12 January 2017.
10 Jan 2017
Web Alert: Marine surveyors and survey companies operating in Turkey
The Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communication (Ministry) has recently enacted The Regulation of Surveying Services in Maritime Commerce (Regulation) that imposes an obligation on individuals and companies acting as marine surveyors to obtain an operating licence.