regulations

Ukraine to comply with IMO load lines convention

Ukraine has acceded to the 1988 Protocol relating to the International Convention on Load Lines. On Wednesday, December 5, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, agreed with IMO to deposit the instruments of accession.

The 1988 Protocol relating to the International Convention on Load Lines defines the limitations on the draught to which a ship may be loaded. It makes a significant contribution to the ship’s safety. These limits are given in the form of freeboards,...

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Ensuring electronic data exchange in West Africa

As from April 2019, ships and ports will need to be able to exchange arrival and departure data electronically, under IMO’s Facilitation Convention. To facilitate compliance with this measure, training took place in Guinea from 13 to 15 of November and in Mauritania, from 20 to 22 of November.

IMO’s Facilitation Convention requires electronic data exchange to be implemented by all FAL Convention ships and ports. These requirements also encourage the use of a single window in which all the many...

https://safety4sea.com/ensuring-electronic-data-exchange-in-west-africa/

Canada issues bulletin for use of cannabis by seafarers

The Cannabis Act and its regulations came into force on October 17 2018, thus making Canada only the second country worldwide to legalise recreational cannabis. For this reason, Transport Canada issued a bulletin to ensure the proper use of recreational cannabis by seafarers.

Namely, according to the subsection 253(1) of the Criminal Code, seafarers may not operate, assist in the operation of, or have the care or control of a vessel while impaired. This applies whether or not the vessel is...

https://safety4sea.com/canada-issues-bulletin-for-use-of-cannabis-by-seafarers/

Synne Marie Mossevig, Consultant, Maritime Advisory, Environmental Technology and Compliance, DNVGL

What are the implications and costs of regulations? How can public procurement be used to reduce the environmental footprint? 

You need to listen to Synne Marie Mossevig, who works with these issues at DNVGL in Olso. We talk about the impact of regulations, what and who influences the regulators and dives into the “usual questions” about visibility, #nextgen & the future of the #shipping industry.

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