Amendments to Annex V of the MARPOL Convention (Garbage) come into force by 1 March 2018

Ship owners, operators and managers who have the vessels registered under the flag of Tanzania or intend to make an application for a registration under the before mentioned flag should consider changing the flag of their vessels to another legal maritime international registry in order to avoid arrests of their vessels in different countries and their registration under the flag of Tanzania through pseudo-registrars operating allegedly on behalf of the Maritime Administration of Tanzania.

Amendments of 2014 to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 will come into force on 18 January 2017.

International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal Wrecks will enter into force on April 14, 2015. The convention was deposited on Monday after ratification by Denmark, the 10th country to ratify the convention and thereby triggering its entry into force a year later.

Hereby we inform you about the forthcoming CIC on Hours of Rest

We kindly remind you that International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted new SOLAS Regulation III/17-1 regarding Persons’ Recovery from the Water.

Please be informed that due to the entering into force new requirements of STCW Convention with Manila Amendments from 01/01/2014 regarding security training for seafarers, PSC in Turkish Ports have already detained many vessels.

We would like to inform you that STCW Convention and Code as amended by Manila Amendment (STCW 2010) contains new requirements regarding security training for all crew members Regulation VI/6.