The Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Ship’s Stability in General was carried out in the Tokyo MOU region jointly with the Paris MOU from 1 September 2021 to 30 November 2021.
During the campaign period, the member Authorities of the Tokyo MOU carried out 6,260 PSC inspections, of which 4,984 (79.62%) included the CIC inspection. 356 CIC related deficiencies were found on 306 ships representing 6.14% of the CIC inspections.
Intertanko haspreviously reported on the movement within the EU towards designating the whole of the Mediterranean area as a SOx Emission Control Area (SECA).
ADS Insight has provided a pre-copy of a recent submission to MEPC 78 by the EU and all countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, proposing that the Med Sea becomes a SECA on 1 January 2025.
The chart and the boundaries of the proposed Med SECA are as presented below.
Source: ADS Insight
With tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalating over the past two months, the security situation in Europe has deteriorated with many supply chain operators fearing what is to come.
Australian legislative requirements preventing pollution from discharge of garbage are outlined in Marine Notice 01/2022, dated 28 Jan 2022.