New Measures for the Prevention and Control of Ship Pollution in Tianjin Port (No.2) 24 May 2018 No. 961 Tweet Download PDF (135KB) Having issued our Japan P&I News No.954 dated 18 April 2018, the contents of which were based upon the information from Hong Kong Reman Marine Services Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong, a specialist in sludge disposal, tank cleaning and oil spill emergency response, we have received from our members a number of questions on its contents for interpretation and further clarification. In an attempt to assist our members further, we have obtained more information from Huatai Insurance Agency and Consultant Service Ltd., our correspondent in Tianjin. Please bear in mind however that the interpretation of the information below relies on our correspondent exclusively, because no official interpretation by Maritime Safety Authority (MSA) has become available yet. As such, the information below is just for our members’ reference purpose, and members are kindly requested to contact their own agents for details before their vessels’ actual calling at Tianjing. = Quote = “Provisions on Prevention and Control of Ship Pollution in Tianjin Port” (“Provision” hereinafter) has been promulgated by Tianjin Municipal Government on 01.03.2018 which shall come into force from 01.05.2018. This Provision sets several rules for ships, terminals and other relevant entities when navigating or operating within Tianjin port in order to prevent environmental pollution. The applicable area of this Provisions is the maritime environment of Tianjin port (“Tianjin port” hereinafter) as is described in General Plan of Tianjin Port 2010, including water areas (refers to BA Charts) and its atmosphere above. In order to advise our clients on the special requirements provided in this provision, we hereby summarized as below together with our preliminary comments based on our best knowledge and practice experience for your reference. Using incinerators are prohibited within Tianjin