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Argentina: Customs Fines in Parana River Ports
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- Δημοσιεύτηκε στις Παρασκευή, 27 Δεκεμβρίου 2013 12:37
The West of England P&I Club has issued a news alert regarding customs fines in Parana River Ports. An entered vessel was recently subjected to a search by the customs authorities in the nearby port of San Lorenzo. The customs search team discovered that five cargo grabs and a number of other items had not been declared on the vessel's stores list. Due to the value of the cargo grabs customs decided to focus on this equipment as the basis for a possible fine.
Iran Sanctions: Update
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- Δημοσιεύτηκε στις Τετάρτη, 25 Δεκεμβρίου 2013 11:49
As is known, the Geneva Agreement amongst the P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China, facilitated by the European Union) and Iran, is an interim one that will remain in force for the next six months. It provides some limited, temporary, targeted and reversible/revocable relief to Iran in exchange for significant concessions by Iran regarding its nuclear enrichment program. The overwhelming majority of the sanctions regime will remain in place and continue to be vigorously enforced, and may be more accurately analysed as a "freezing" of sanctions rather than a reduction in their scope.
ICS Calls for Understanding from Port State Control on Seafarer Security Training Certification
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- Δημοσιεύτηκε στις Τρίτη, 24 Δεκεμβρίου 2013 18:44
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has raised concerns with governments about preparations worldwide for issuing tens of thousands of seafarers with new certificates for security-related training by 1 January, as required by the 2010 amendments to the IMO Convention on Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 2010).
EU: TEN-T: call for 2013 published
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- Δημοσιεύτηκε στις Τρίτη, 24 Δεκεμβρίου 2013 15:00
On 12 December 2013 the Commission published the 2013 annual and multi-annual calls for proposal under the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) programme. A budget of 80 million Euros is foreseen for Motorways of the Sea. The deadline for submitting projects is 11 March 2014.
EU: Environment Council meeting
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- Δημοσιεύτηκε στις Τρίτη, 24 Δεκεμβρίου 2013 11:40
The European Union has issued a press release stating that ministers attending the Environment Council meeting in Brussels extensively discussed the issue of monitoring, reporting, and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from marine transport, as well as challenges presented by invasive alien species.
EU Directive concerning certain flag State responsibilities for compliance with and enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention
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- Δημοσιεύτηκε στις Τρίτη, 24 Δεκεμβρίου 2013 11:39
On 10 December, the new EU "Directive concerning certain flag State responsibilities for compliance with and enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006" was published in the Official Journal of the EU.
IACS Council adopts new harmonised Common Structural Rules
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- Δημοσιεύτηκε στις Τρίτη, 24 Δεκεμβρίου 2013 11:37
At the 68th session of the IACS Council meeting, held on 18-19 December in London, IACS unanimously adopted new harmonised Common Structural Rules (CSR) for oil tankers and bulk carriers. The new rules will apply to all oil tankers over 150 m and bulk carriers over 90 m in length contracted for construction on or after 1 July 2015.
