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Jun. 23, 2015
USA: Shipping Company AML Ship Management GmbH, Sentenced To Pay $800K For Dumping Oil
Anchorage, Alaska – AML Ship Management GmbH, a German company, was sentenced in federal court today to pay a total of $800,000 in fines and community service payments for violating the Clean Water Act and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by intentionally discharging 4,500 gallons of oily bilge water into the ocean off the coast of Alaska and then presenting false records to the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Jun. 16, 2015
IMO ADOPTS LNG RULES, MANDATORY FROM 2017
New rules governing the use of gas as a fuel on ships will come into force in 2017 after the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) adopted them last week.
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Jun. 15, 2015
M/V Phoenix refused access to the Paris MoU region
On 29th May 2015 M/V “PHOENIX” with IMO number 8506529 was detained in Quebec (Canada).
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Jun. 9, 2015
FRANCE AND DNV GL TOP LATEST PARIS MOU PERFORMANCE TABLES
France has retained its position as the best flag, according to the latest performance tables issued by European port state inspection bodies.
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Jun. 8, 2015
New performance lists Paris MoU
At its 48th meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2014 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations.
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Jun. 2, 2015
NOR-SHIPPING 2015: STRONG HEADWINDS CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE MARITIME INDUSTRY
The maritime industry continues to face serious challenges that can partly be tackled by investment in innovation and a stable, co-operative, international regulatory framework.
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Jun. 2, 2015
Paris MoU agreed on inspection campaign for Maritime Labour Convention in 2016
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) held its 48th Committee meeting in Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, from 18 - 22 May 2015 under the chairmanship of Mr. Brian Hogan.
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May. 22, 2015
ASIAN PIRATES STEP UP RAIDS ON SMALL PRODUCTS TANKERS
Small oil products tankers are increasingly being targeted off Indonesia’s Bintan Island for hijack by organised criminals who steal their cargoes.
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May. 19, 2015
Ban of M/V "ALBATROSS” (ex "LETFALLAH III) with IMO number7522203 has been lifted
On 24th November 2014 M/V “ALBATROSS" (ex M/V “LETFALLAH III”) with IMO number 7522203 (flag of Togo) was detained in Pula in Croatia.
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May. 18, 2015
SEVENTH SHIP ATTACKED
Southeast Asia waters have seen a seventh product tanker attacked and its cargo siphoned since the start of 2015.
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