Refers to: Ship Managers / Owners, PHRS Surveyors / Representatives Action Date: January 1st 2017 Amendments (03-15) to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code will enter into force on 1 January, 2017, and may be implemented voluntarily since 1 January, 2016. The amendments include the following individual schedules with specific carriage requirements for the following Group B cargoes (cargoes which possess a chemical hazard which could give rise to a dangerous situation on a ship): Amorphous Sodium Silicate Lumps Boric Acid Wood Pellets Containing Additives and/or Binders Wood Pellets not Containing any Additives and/or Binders. (The…

Refers to: Ship Managers/Owners, Clients, PHRS RepresentativesAction Date: September 2017   Dear all, The purpose of subject newsletter is to inform all interested parties about the conduction of a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) from the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly with the Tokyo MoU. The Black Sea MoU will also participate in the same CIC campaign. Please click here for the relevant Press Release for more details.   The CIC will focus on navigation safety, including Electronic Chart Display Information Systems (ECDIS).   The campaign will be held for three months, beginning on the 1st of September 2017 till…