China announces reporting requirements for vessels entering the territorial sea of the People's Republic of China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vessels of foreign nationality entering the territorial sea of China shall report to the China Maritime Administration from on September 1st, 2021.

 

 From September 01st, 2021 and according to the Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (P.R.China), vessels of foreign nationality entering the territorial sea of the P.R.China shall report to the maritime administrations of the P. R.China. The reporting requirements apply to the following vessels of foreign nationality entering the territorial sea of the P.R.China: 

1. Submersibles; 

2. Nuclear vessels;

 3. Ships carrying radioactive materials; 

4. Ships carrying bulk oil, chemicals, liquefied gas and other toxic and harmful substances; and 

Updated Contact points for SOPEP record 31.07.2021

, MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.19
Annex, page 1

ANNEX
LIST OF NATIONAL OPERATIONAL CONTACT POINTS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECEIPT, TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING OF
URGENT REPORTS ON INCIDENTS INVOLVING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES
INCLUDING OIL FROM SHIPS TO COASTAL STATES
1 The following information is provided to enable compliance with regulation 37
of MARPOL Annex I which, inter alia, requires that the Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency
Plan (SOPEP) shall contain a list of authorities or persons to be contacted in the event of a
pollution incident involving such substances. Requirements for oil pollution emergency plans
and relevant oil pollution reporting procedures are contained in articles 3 and 4 of

contact points for SOPEP dated 31.01.2021

 MSC-MEPC.6-CIRC.19.docx
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4 ALBERT EMBANKMENT
LONDON SE1 7SR
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7735 7611 Fax: +44 (0)20 7587 3210
MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.19
31 January 2021
NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS
FOR SAFETY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
1 This circular replaces all previously issued circulars under this title.
2 The annex to this circular includes the "List of national operational contact points
responsible for the receipt, transmission and processing of urgent reports on incidents
involving harmful substances including oil from ships to coastal States".
3 The information, included in annex 1 of previous versions of this
circular (prior to MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.15) may be accessed through GISIS at
https://gisis.imo.org/Public/CP/Browse.aspx?List=SICI. This includes contact point information
for:
.1 national inspection services – head offices (originally MSC/Circ.630);
.2 national inspection services – local offices (originally MSC/Circ.630);
.3 inspection services acting as representatives of flag States for port State
control matters and responsible authorities in charge of casualty investigation
(originally MSC/Circ.542); and
.4 Secretariats of Memoranda of Understanding on Port State Control.
4 Member Governments are requested to:
.1 provide information on any changes or additions to the lists of contact points
by directly updating the relevant information in the Contact Points module of
GISIS;
.2 provide addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and electronic mail
addresses of inspection services acting as representatives of flag States in
case of port States interventions; and
.3 notwithstanding the provisions of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended,
with regard to communication of an intervention, port State authorities are
requested, in order to expedite communications, to additionally convey
information, related to port State control interventions, to those flag State
inspection services (Head Offices) or to the inspection services acting as
representatives of flag States, when available.
MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.19

bunker prices indication 07.06.2019

	PORT	IF380CST (USD/MT)	IF180CST (USD/MT)	ULSFO 0.1% (USD/MT)	MGO DMA (USD/MT)	MGO  0.86 (USD/MT)	REMARKS		FUEL ROT	ICE GAS	gas 0.1
	Main ports								362	557	552
	Rotterdam	365	385	507	522	542
x	Houston	346	414	N/A	591	N/A
07-06-2019	Singapore	378	390	N/A	536	N/A
	Fujairah	378	390	N/A	665	N/A
	Denmark
	Skaw / Gothenburg	382	N/A	527	562	584
	Esbjerg	N/A	N/A	N/A	593	593
	Århus	N/A	N/A	N/A	593	593
	København	N/A	N/A	N/A	592	592
	Northern Europe
	Reykjavik	443	457	N/A	603	N/A
	Hamburg	382	N/A	562	582	597
	Riga	382	397	547	577	577
	Ventspils	384	399	549	579	579
	Liepaja	385	402	552	591	591
	Klaipeda	387	402	546	566	566
	Muuga/Tallinn	382	397	547	577	577
	Amsterdam	372	392	539	549	569
	Antwerp	367	387	522	537	557
	Stettin	391	411	N/A	579	N/A
	Gdynia	390	410	N/A	578	N/A
	Russia
x	Novorossijsk	365	380	N/A	600	N/A
x	St. Petersburg	-	-	N/A	-	N/A
x	Nakhodka	-	-	N/A	0	N/A
	Southern Europe
x	Gibraltar	382	406	N/A	576	N/A
x	Malta	371	394	N/A	569	N/A
x	Las Palmas	381	405	N/A	577	N/A
x	Istanbul	394	419	N/A	617	N/A
	South East Asia
x	Hong Kong	389	401	N/A	564	N/A
x	Busan	414	426	N/A	600	N/A
x	Mumbai	445	457	N/A	685	N/A
x	Colombo	440	452	N/A	690	N/A
x	Shanghai	396	408	N/A	640	N/A