China Takes Additional Steps To Combat Ship Pollution

China to apply ship pollution prevention measures.
Operators should be aware of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships.
Owners/Operators should also be aware of the requirement that any ship carrying polluting and hazardous cargoes in bulk.
Ship above 10,000 GT needs to enter into a pollution clean-up contract with a Ship Pollution Response Organisation (SPRO) before entering a PRC port.
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