GAC offers pollution service to assist shipowner compliance by March 1 Sunday, 05.Feb.2012, 23:37 (GMT+3) GAC China has launched a new service to help shipowners comply with stringent new anti-pollution regulations that come March 1.
GAC China has launched a new service to help shipowners comply with stringent new anti-pollution regulations that come March 1.
As part of its Owners' Protective Agency service package in mainland
China, the logistics group has set up a Pollution Control Services team
composed of master mariners to help guide shipowners and operators
through the new measures, liaising with government-approved Ship
Pollution Response Organisations (SPRO) to ensure full compliance and
smooth operations at ports from Dalian in the north-east down to
southern China.
Under the China Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) rules, owners and operators
of vessels carrying any cargo deemed to represent a potential pollution
risk in Chinese territorial waters must work with a government-approved
Ship Pollution Response Organisation (SPRO) to establish and implement a
detailed Ship Pollution Response Regime before entering, leaving or
starting operations in port, a company statement explained.
"This way, the GAC team cuts the red tape owners have to deal with when
directly engaging and dealing with the SPRO, as they handle the entire
process from start to finish for every call," the statement said.
Said GAC China chief Claus Schensema: "This pioneering new service
endorses our commitment to easing the way for owners, charterers and
receivers operating in the country, both by helping to reduce the risk
of pollution and by working to reduce time in port and associated
costs."
GAC China has launched a new service to help shipowners comply with stringent new anti-pollution regulations that come March 1.
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