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No.13 2023/24 - US temporarily authorises transactions involving oil, gas and gold in Venezuela
06 Dec, 2023
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently issued four general licenses suspending certain sanctions in relation to transactions involving oil, gas, and gold...
Another Successful Member Training Week
03 Aug, 2023
The dust has settled on another successful Member Training Week here at West P&I! We’d like to thank our wonderful Members who joined us in London for what was a jam-packed week of presentations and activities....
No. 6 2019/2010 - The 2020 Global Sulphur Cap
26 Jun, 2019
On and after 1 January 2020, the MARPOL permitted limit for sulphur content in ships’ bunker fuel oil will be reduced.
Crew Changes – New Entry Requirements in Qatar and Venezuela
20 Feb, 2023
There have been reported changes within entry requirements and protocols that will directly affect crew changes undertaken within the specified countries below that have come into force during February...
Australia – Breaches of MARPOL and the Possible Consequences
07 Jan, 2014
Translations: Chinese Vietnamese
The following article, written by Australian lawyers Colin Biggers & Paisley, Sydney, was commissioned by Shipping Australia and is due to be published in its next annual...
Australia - Biosecurity Act 2015 - Ballast Water Management
28 Jun, 2016
On 16 June 2016 a new Biosecurity Act entered into force in Australia, replacing the Quarantine Act of 1908. The main legislative change, in relation to the operation of vessels, is alignment of Australian...
MARPOL - North American Emission Control Area
15 Jun, 2012
Members are reminded that in March 2010 at the 60th Session of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC), IMO adopted Resolution MEPC. 190(60) which established a North American Emission Control...
Flighted Spongy Moth Complex 2024
09 May, 2024
Due to the Flighted Spongy Moth’s destructive nature, particularly in countries where the pest is not indigenous, the following countries have specific procedures in place to prevent FSMC from entering...
Port State Control - US Banning Policy
16 Nov, 2010
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has recently issued a Policy Letter regarding the banning of foreign flagged vessels which have been detained repeatedly in US ports.
Over the past few years a number...