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China Revises Law on Solid Waste Disposal

  • The current PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes prohibits the import, dumping and disposal of solid wastes.
  • A new revision to the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes (new Revision), becomes effective on 1 September 2020.
  • The revision imposes joint and several liability on both the carrier and importer for the return and disposal of the solid waste where the solid waste is prohibited.
  • The new Revision also...

https://mfame.guru/china-revises-law-on-solid-waste-disposal/

Ships with open loop scrubbers may face fines in Turkey

Although there is no formal limitation or ban on the discharge of scrubber wash-water, environmental authorities in Turkey may fine the ship if the samples collected from the overboard discharge line are suspected to be pollutant, the Standard P&I Club warned.

According to a circular from the club’s local correspondent Omur Marine, article 8 of the environment code describes the pollution prohibition as follows:

‘It is prohibited, to introduce into, store in, transport to or remove from the...

https://safety4sea.com/ships-with-open-loop-scrubbers-may-face-fines-in-turkey/

US sanctions Rosneft subsidiary due to Venezuela links

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated TNK Trading International S.A. (TTI) for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy.

TTI, incorporated in Switzerland, is a subsidiary of Russian state-controlled Rosneft Oil Company. After the February 18, 2020 Treasury designation of Rosneft Trading S.A. (RTSA), cargoes of Venezuelan oil allocated to RTSA were changed to TTI in order to evade U.S. sanctions.

TNK Trading International S.A. is...

https://safety4sea.com/us-sanctions-rosneft-subsidiary-due-to-venezuela-links/

New Zealand: Company to pay $514,300 in fines and reparation after overloaded fishing vessel sinks

A Wellington-based fishing company, its sole director, and a master were fined a total of $449,500 over the sinking of the grossly overloaded fishing boat ‘Victory II’ in June 2017. The company was also ordered to pay $64,800 in reparation to the crew for unpaid wages and emotional harm.

Maritime NZ Central Region Compliance Manager, Michael-Paul Abbott, said Victory II should have carried no more than five tonnes of fish.

Instead, it was loaded with at least 28 tonnes when it sank near Kaikōura...

https://safety4sea.com/new-zealand-company-to-pay-514300-in-fines-and-reparation-after-overloaded-fishing-vessel-sinks/

Wan Hai Lines forces fines for misdeclared cargo

In light of the misdeclared cargo contents, Wan Hai Lines announced that forced new measures against shippers who intentionally misdeclare cargo. In fact, the Taiwanese carrier company informed that if the declarations and the shipping documents are not true, it will immediately suspend the delivery operation.

Specifically, WHL warned its customers that has all the rights to suspend the delivery of the cargoes or terminate the delivery contract for the cargoes at any time during the carriage.

GET...

https://safety4sea.com/wan-hai-lines-forces-fines-for-misdeclared-cargo/

USCG pursues enforcement action over tugs anchored off Texas

The US Coast Guard is pursuing enforcement action against Bouchard Transportation Company after the shipping company failed to comply with a captain of the port order for one of its two vessels anchored in the Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur, Texas.

The tugs, Kim M. Bouchard and Danielle M. Bouchard, and their associated barges have been anchored off Texas Point since mid-December with no known plans to move.

Main concerns are in regard to the remaining crews onboard who are unpaid since January,...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-pursues-enforcement-action-over-tugs-anchored-off-texas/

Singaporean shipping company pleads guilty for oily bilge discharge in US

A Singapore-based shipping company pleaded guilty in US federal court to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. The conviction concerns illegal dumping of oily bilge water from the tanker ‘Zao Galaxy’, as well as failure to record it to the oil record book.

In pleading guilty, Unix Line PTE Ltd. admitted that its crew members onboard the 16,408 gross-ton, ocean-going motor tanker ‘Zao Galaxy’ knowingly failed to record in the vessel’s oil record book the overboard discharge of oi...

https://safety4sea.com/singaporean-shipping-company-pleads-guilty-for-oily-bilge-discharge-in-us/

Owner of Stellar Daisy fined $12,426, Korean prosecutors appeal judgement

Following news that the owner of the ill-fated Stellar Daisy was found guilty over the bulk carrier’s sinking, the Busan District Prosecutors’ Office plans to appeal to a higher court, seeking greater punishments for those involved in the tragic incident.

The VLOC ‘Stellar Daisy’ sank in March 2017 in the South Atlantic, off Uruguay, while carrying ore from Brazil to China, killing 22 of the 24 crew members onboard. Only two Filipino nationals survived.

The first trial took place last year, when...

https://safety4sea.com/owner-of-stellar-daisy-fined-12426-korean-prosecutors-appeal-judgement/

Attention required on bunker figures during port calls in Turkey

In recent months, customs officials in Turkish ports have been showing an increase interest over the declared quantity of bunkers onboard ships, the Skuld P&I Club informed.

As explained, if customs officials discover a difference between the declared bunker quantity in the vessel’s tanks and the quantity calculated by customs officials, any excessive quantum will be confiscated and taken off the vessel for owners’ account.

The authorities considers misdeclaration a criminal act and the vessel’s...

https://safety4sea.com/attention-required-on-bunker-figures-during-port-calls-in-turkey/

Company director fined $2,500 after falling asleep at the wheel

Maritime New Zealand fined the sole director of Wellington-based Megisti Sailing Charters $2,500 for being asleep at the wheel of the catamaran MV Megisti when it collided with the Port Howard Wharf, noting that fatigue was the main reason that the collision was caused.

Specifically, before colliding, the director had a broken sleeping pattern and was sleeping onboard the Megisti at Queens Wharf, often being woken by people leaving nearby pubs and restaurants and by late night and early morning...

https://safety4sea.com/company-director-fined-2500-after-falling-asleep-at-the-wheel/

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