Hainan MSA issued a Notice on Implementation Scheme of Ship Pollution Control to enhance the supervision and management of prevention and control of ship pollution in the area of Hainan province, including the coastal ports of Yangpu, Haikou, Sanya and Basuo as well as the Qiongzhou strait. The scheme is effective from Nov 3, 2017 to Dec 3, 2018.
- The inspection on fuel oil quality of calling ships will be reinforced, with focus on inspecting whether the oil record book is recorded normatively, whether the fuel oil supply record and fuel oil sample is kept integrally and whether the index on the fuel oil supply record meets the relevant requirement.
- Each MSA substation is required to supervise and inspect ships to which the “Convention for the Control and Management of International Ship Ballast Water and Its Sediments” applies, mainly on whether the ship holds effective International Ballast Water Management Certificate, BWMP and BWR.
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