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USA: California Air Resources Board - Ocean Going Vessels Fuel Rule Sunset Review Process
13 Aug, 2014
On 1 January 2015 a new MARPOL Annex VI requirement will enter into force reducing the maximum sulphur content for fuel oil from 1. 0% to 0. 1% within sulphur Emission Control Areas (ECAs). In the United...
Venezuela: Prohibitions on the use of the “Petro” cryptocurrency
16 Apr, 2018
Further to our News Item of 28th August 2017, there have been recent developments in Venezuela by way of the introduction of the cryptocurrency, the “Petro”.
The introduction of the Petro was designed...
USA - Advanced Passenger Information System - Fines for Submission Errors
02 Nov, 2012
The Club has been advised that the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency in New York and New Jersey is beginning to be more robust in terms of enforcing the regulations governing the completion...
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...
No.6 2022/2023 - Sanctions - The European Unions 6th Sanctions Package (amended)
01 Jul, 2022
On the 3rd of June 2022 the EU published its 6th package of sanctions against Russia. This circular is not intended to be a comprehensive summary of the EU sanctions against Russia.
West Africa - Bagged Cargo Shortage due to Pilferage
12 Apr, 2019
The Club continues to receive frequent shortage claims involving bagged food cargoes (rice and sugar are those most commonly affected) being discharged in West African ports. Food is attractive to pilferers...
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are a must have on ships
19 Nov, 2024
West's position on AEDs is that every ship should have at least one AED onboard. A lack of defibrillators is putting seafarers' lives at risk, with limited medical facilities onboard most ships and a lack...