Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships

Members have previously been advised that the new Regulations of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships ("the Regulations") are due to take effect on 1 March 2010, but that the requirement for "operators" of any ship carrying polluting and hazardous cargoes in bulk or of any other vessel above 10,000 gt to conclude a pollution clean up contract with an MSA approved pollution response company before entering a PRC port would probably be postponed.

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			filesize
		P&I Circular 2495/2010	87 Kb