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3/13/2019 Source: SKANReg Press release - Nigel Smith, inaugural International Registrar of the London-headquartered St Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry (SKANReg), is retiring in May after 47 years in the shipping industry.  

3/7/2019 Source: European Maritime Safety Agency - This document provides best practice guidance and a harmonised approach to sampling for compliance in accordance with Article 9 of the IMO Ballast Water Convention 2004.

2/26/2019 Source: ICS - The International Chamber is pushing back concerning the possible loophole reported by Tradewindsnews.com (Regulators allow shipowners a safety loophole on IMO 2020, 2/25/2019.)

Here's the ICS press release

Source: UK MCA -  The Maritime & Coastguard Agency would like to make Operators that use the Global Positioning System (GPS) for both position and UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), aware that the GPS Week Number will be rolling over for the second time, on April 6 th, 2019.

2/13/2019 Source: BIMCO - BIMCO has proposed that the Fourth International Maritime Organization (IMO) Greenhouse Gas Study does not include unrealistically high gross domestic product (GDP) growth projections to predict future transport demand - and thereby emissions - of the shipping industry.

2/8/2019 Source: AMSA - The plan prepares vessels for transit through environmentally sensitive areas such as the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait. All Masters and coastal pilots transiting these areas should consider the information in the QCPP when preparing their passage plans.

Source: By Insurance Marine News, 21st January 2019 - In response to the introduction of a 0.5% m/m global cap on the sulphur content of fuel oil on January 1st 2020, Britannia Club has published a new Focus: “Prevention Of Pollution From Ships – Emission Standards”.

1/31/2019 Source: NIMASA - The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, has disclosed that Nigeria has been able to ratify 40 conventions passed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) covering Maritime Safety, Labour and Marine Environment.

1/25/2019 Source: Zihni Shipping Agency - New Marine Pollution Regulations have been imposed in Turkish waters. Heavy fines have been put in to effect with the changes in the Turkish Environment Law, No: 2872, on 29 November 2018, in case of marine pollution in the Turkish territorial waters.

Source: DMA 01/16/2019 - The Danish Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs has launched a new sectoral strategy for the shipping industry. The strategy is a part of the Danish government’s national strategy for cyber and information security.