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Source: Danish Maritime Authority - 7 December 2017 - Time has come to apply for renewal of CLC, Bunker, Athens and Wreck Removal Certificates from the Danish Maritime Authority. The certificates must be renewed once a year when the underlying insurance expires.

Ships that are required to hold a certificate must not operate without valid certificates.

Excerpt from the news release: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science - Maritime Environmental Resource Center ends certification testing of  Ballast water management systems."Shortcomings in both the IMO G8 Guidelines and the USCG Independent Laboratory certification testing process have resulted in significant uncertainties abo

Bulletin No.: 09/2017 - Issue Date: 2017-11-27: This bulletin adds information to Ship Safety Bulletin #09/2015 on the same subject and replaces Ship Safety Bulletins #12/2016 and #5/2017.

01 December 2017 - NAVIGATION AND VESSEL INSPECTION CIRCULAR NO. 05-17 - Flag States, Owners, operators, charterers, masters, persons-in-charge etc. should take note.

Source: Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) - OFAC Issues a Finding of Violation to Dominica Maritime Registry, Inc. for a Violation of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations: OFAC has issued a Finding of Violation to Dominica Maritime Registry, Inc.

Source: CG-CVC Policy Letter 17-09 PURPOSE. This policy letter provides guidance for the issuance and acceptance of certain electronic certificates to U.S. flag vessels and those foreign-flagged vessels trading in U.S. waters subject to Port State Control.

17 Nov 2017 - Adopting IMO’s initial strategy is critical, but it must be an ambitious one, writes Marshall Islands president Hilda C Heine from the Bonn climate talks

Heine: “Ambitious climate action and sustainable growth of the shipping sector are both possible.”

Source: Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore

17 November 2017