Status of Maritime Conventions (as of 1st September 2018)

Port State Control – Concentrated Inspection Campaign (Riyadh MOU)

China – Interpretation by the Supreme People’s Court of the Application of the Rules of Time Bar in the General Rules of the Civil Laws

Australia – Increased fines for marine polluters

Port State Control – Concentrated Inspection Campaign (Paris MOU and Tokyo MOU)

Ukraine – Development of Ballast Water Problems (No.2)

UK – Ballast Water Management Convention 2004 (BWM 2004) – Publication of FAQs by UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency

US Vessel Response Plans – Update on Western Alaska Alternative Planning Criteria

China Amended Discharge Standard for Water Pollutants from Ships

[Revised] Ukraine – Development of Ballast Water Problems

Status of Maritime Conventions (as of 1st July 2018)

China – Implementation of Stricter Regulation on Solid Waste Importation from 2018 (No.2)

Honduras – Oil Spill Response – new requirements update

Status of Maritime Conventions (as of 1st June 2018)

Implementation of GDPR principles in claims handling

New Measures for the Prevention and Control of Ship Pollution in Tianjin Port (No.2)

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

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

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)