China – Administrative penalty imposed to ships that fail to sign SPRO agreement when calling Chinese ports

Emission Control in Taiwan

New Measures for the Prevention and Control of Ship Pollution in Tianjin Port

Implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 – General Guidance to Members

Ukraine – Development of Ballast Water Problems

China – Implementation of Stricter Regulation on Solid Waste Importation from 2018

Maritime Labour Convention 2006 as amended (MLC) – Liability for Uninsured MLC Liabilities

United States Coast Guard (USCG) – Vessel Response Plans (VRPs)

China – Establishment of Emission Control Areas (ECA) (No.11)

Honduras – Oil Spill Response – implementation date of new requirements

Honduras – Oil Spill Response – new requirements

China – Hainan MSA Enhances Inpection on Ship Pollution Control in Hainan Province as from 3 November 2017 to 3 December 2018

China – Implementation of “the General Rules of the Civil Law of the Peoples Republic of China”

China Joins the Hague Choice of Court Convention League

China – Establishment of Emission Control Areas (ECA) (No.10)

China – Establishment of Emission Control Areas (ECA) (No.9)

USA – Ballast Water Management – A US Perspective

Saudi Arabia – Ballast water sample initiative at Saudi Aramco ports and terminals

International Convention for the Control and Management of  Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments and US Ballast Water Management (BWM) Regulations (No.3)

Japan – Entry into force of Amendments of 2014 to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC)

Argentina – New Provisions on Ballast Water Management: Ballast Chlorinating (No.2)

US － New regulations in California pertaining to the enforcement of the Marine Invasive Species Act

Argentina – New Provisions on Ballast Water Management: Ballast Chlorinating

New Zealand － Biofouling － Craft Risk Management Standard

China – Establishment of Emission Control Areas (ECA) (No.8)

Province of Zambales, Philippines Provincial – Coastwatch Environmental Monitoring System User Fee (No.3)

CUSTOM’S FINES IN ALGERIA

STOPIA 2006 (as amended 2017) and TOPIA 2006 (as amended 2017) – 2017 amendments

International Convention for the Control and Management of  Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (“BWM Convention”) (No.2)

China – Abolition of the Sludge and Garbage Disposal Requirement on Ocean Vessels before Departure