ship registration

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

14 July, 2017

PRESS RELEASE

4/25/2017 - From the U.S. Maritime Administration

A move that will protect domestic and international seafarers and improve their safety and wellbeing onboard foreign-flagged and New Zealand ships.

US DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division continued its robust program of prosecuting shipping companies and crew for the intentional discharges of pollutants from ocean-going vessels in U.S. waters. At the end of fiscal year 2016, criminal penalties imposed in these cases totaled more than $363 million in fines and more than 32 years of confinement.