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| Monday, December 19, 2016, Suez Canal, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Egyptian Ministry of Transportation has issued Ministerial Decree advising amended fees for Suez Canal transit, effective for all ships from 15 December 2016, as follows:
General Conditions :
PORT AUTHORITY TRANSIT FEE (UTILIZATION FEES) (amended Dec 15/2016)
Ministry fees and Port authority transit fees will be subject to: For information about operations in the Suez Canal contact GAC Egypt at suezcanal@gac.com |
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| Amendments to the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Regulations and Merchant Shipping Regulations |
| Tuesday, January 3, 2017, Singapore |
| With effect from 1 January 2017, the amendments to the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Regulations and Merchant Shipping Regulations will be taken into effect.The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) had adopted amendments to MARPOL 73/78, SOLAS 74 and STCW Convention respectively.
The amendments to the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Regulations give effect to Resolution MEPC.265(68) which makes the environment-related provisions of the Polar Code mandatory under MARPOL Annexes I, II, IV and V and Resolution MEPC.266(68) which amends Regulation 12 of MARPOL Annex I relating to requirements on tanks for oil residues (sludge). The amendments to the Merchant Shipping Regulations give effect to Resolution MSC.385(94) The amendments to the Merchant Shipping Regulations also give effect to Resolution MSC.392(95) For information about operations in Singapore contact GAC Singapore at singapore@gac.com |
| Relief support for companies providing cadet training berths |
| Tuesday, January 3, 2017, Singapore |
| The Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has announced that they are introducing Training Berth Relief Support, a new scheme which aims to help shipping companies sustain their efforts in cadet training by reducing their training costs. The scheme is part of the ongoing manpower efforts drawn up by the Tripartite Maritime Manpower Taskforce for Seafarers (TF-Sea), chaired by the MPA.
Training Berth Relief Support is applicable to Singapore-based employers
who train Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Resident cadets pursuing
their certificate of competencies (CoCs) in the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) or Wavelink Maritime Institute (WMI).
Employers will be reimbursed $200 of the monthly sea service allowance
provided to each cadet that they train. Cadet sea service contracts must commence
between 1 Jan 2017 and 31 Dec 2018 in order to qualify.
Training Berth Relief Support is applicable in addition to existing schemes
supporting cadet allowances, including the Cadet Allowance Reimbursement
Scheme for SMA cadets, as well as the Tripartite Nautical Training Award (TNTA)
and Tripartite Engineering Training Award (TETA) for WMI cadets.
For information about operations in Singapore contact GAC Singapore at singapore@gac.com
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| Port Hedland Cyclone Update |
| Thursday, January 5, 2017, Port Hedland |
| The Port of Port Hedland cyclone alert remains at Stage 1 – Monitor.The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has provided an update in relation to tropical system 08U which is now located approximately 170 NM East – North East of Broome. The system has recently moved in a South Westerly direction at 8 knots.
The low is expected to remain over land and parallel to the West Kimberley coastline until Friday, 06 January 2017. The low is then expected to track further inland and away from the Port of Port Hedland. There is now a much lesser likelihood that the Port will be impacted by strong to gale force winds on Saturday (7/1) and Sunday (8/1). Based on the most recent advice from BoM, port operations will continue as planned for the next 24 hours. The Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) will continue to monitor the BoM forecasts with the next update to be provided around Friday. For information about operations in Australia contact GAC Australia at shipping.australia@gac.com |
