As per information from Yantai MSA, foreign vessels often wrongfully pass through the navigation-restricted areas around Miaodao Archipelago nowadays. As advised, around ten cases happened annually in the recent three years. According to La

The Ministry of Transport of Peoples Republic of China has agreed to heightened the security level to ISPS level 3 for all Chinese flagged vessels that are currently transiting or having the intention to transit through the straits of Malac

With next IOPP renewal survey completion on or after 8 September 2019, a substantial number of vessels which presently only comply with the D-1 standard will be required to install a D-2 standard ballast water treatment system. This statuto

For the key focus on PSC Inspection of BWM in Ports of China, more awareness on ballast water record book should be raised by ship owners and masters. During Xinde Marine News Green ShipTech Seminar held on last week at Shanghai, the Ship S

MPA Singapore informed the shipping community that exhaust gas cleaning residues generated by ships are classified as Toxic Industrial Waste (TIW) under Singapores Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations. For more i

In order to maintain the navigation order in Fuzhou water area, enhance the traffic efficiency and ensure the navigation safety, China MSA has recently issued a notice regarding the implementation of Ship Routing System and Ship Reporting S

IBIA would like to remind the industry that new regulatory requirements under MARPOL Annex VI, regarding the information to be included in the bunker delivery note (BDN), will enter into force on 1 January 2019. We would also like to offer

The Hong Kong Government has announced its intent to adopt a number of training and environmental measures introduced by the International Maritime Organisation including training requirements for crew on Hong Kong registered ships navigati

Customs at Chinas northern Dalian port has banned imports of Australian coal and will cap overall coal imports for 2019 through its harbours at 12 million tonnes, an official at Dalian Port Group told Reuters on February 21. The indefinite

1. Background In the past 15 days, four similar incidents on contacting with fishing nets (Set-net Type, 定置网) occurred in the Ningde waters where the foreign ship always choose to drop anchor to wait for berth of Ningde Port or Kement

In order to prevent harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens introduced by ships ballast water and sediments from causing pollution and damage to the ecological environment, human health, resources and property of Chinese waters, China offic

The International Ballast Water Management Convention officially comes into force in China on Tuesday to protect marine ecosystems. The document requires signatory countries to install a ballast water management system in their ships to ens

It has come to the attention of the Club that new regulatory requirements concerning the reporting of energy consumption from ships have been introduced for vessels calling at ports in China, with effect from 1st January 2019. Although no o

Prohibition of discharging waste water generated by open-loop exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) in Inland River Emission Control Area, all ports within Coastal Emission control Area and Bohai-rim Sea Area in China since Jan 1st, 2019

Recently, China Ministry of Transport (MOT) issued a document of the Notice on Regulating the Implementation of Supervision and Management of Ship Air Pollutant Emission Control Areas. Andit clearly bans discharging washing water from open