We would like to bring to owners attention a recent incident where a vessel belonging to a member has suffered serious structural damage to her hull whilst coming alongside at the Okrika tanker jetty, Nigeria.
AQIS, the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, has announced it is to check the accuracy of information on ballast water exchange provided by vessels upon arrival in Australia.
129 - 02/00 - Customs Fines - Ivory Coast
01/02/2000
We have been advised by TCI Africa CI (Club Correspondents) in Abidjan of recent articles in the Ivory Coast press referring to alleged cases of fraud involving considerable sums of money with their origin in the mis-declaration of quality, origin and quantity on bagged cargoes of sugar from South America.
122 - 12/99 - New California Ballast Water Regulations - Effective 1/1/2000 - California - USA
01/12/1999
From 1st January 2000, a new California law will come into force to establish a statewide mandatory ballast water management and control program under the jurisdiction of the California State Lands Commission (SLC).