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Circular 2/06: Club Condition Surveys
14/02/2006
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The USCG issued a Policy Letter in January 2006 to guide Port State Control Officers in their inspections, to ensure ships are complying with the requirements of MARPOL Annex I. The document contains detailed and comprehensive information which will be of great value to shipboard personnel as well as shoreside technical management.
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control Authorities will start a concentrated inspection campaign on 01 February 2006 focusing on how requirements for preventing marine pollution from ships (MARPOL73/78, Annex 1) have been implemented. The three month inspection campaign will end on 30 April 2006.
The US Coast Guard has amended its regulations concerning marine casualty reporting requirements by adding ''significant harm to the environment'' as a reportable marine casualty. The Coast Guard is also requiring foreign registered tankers to report marine casualties that occur in the 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone if those casualties involve material damage affecting the seaworthiness or efficiency of the vessel, or significant harm to the environment. These changes are required by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
TB19 - Oily Water Separator
02/12/2005
The new International Standard for Marine Fuels, ISO 8217:2005 (E) has just been published by the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO).This is the third edition of the standard and replaces the second edition, ISO 8217 :1996.
Amendments to the US Coast Guard Marine Casualties and Investigations; Chemical Testing Following Serious Marine Incident regulations come into force 20 June 2006. The amendments to the regulations requiring testing for drug and alcohol use by persons involved in serious marine incidents (SMIs), requires that alcohol testing of people directly involved in the incident be conducted within 2 hours of its occurrence. This rule also requires most commercial vessels to have alcohol testing devices on board and authorises the testing of saliva as an acceptable specimen for alcohol testing. A 32-hour time limit for the collection of specimens for drug testing following a serious marine incident has also been included.