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Here, QSU informs you about news, innovations and current developments in the areas of quality management, ISM, ISPS, shipping, MLC 2006, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, environmental management, HazMat / IHM and safety and health at work.

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04.02.2020		Corona virus: tips for seafarers and shipowners
23.12.2019		Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2020!
23.12.2019		2020 Sulphur Inspection Guidance from the EU (Dec 2019)
17.12.2019		IMO Requirements for maintenance of Life/Rescue boats, launching appliances and release gear as of 1 Jan 2020
04.07.2019		The International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters
25.06.2019		Sulphur Inspection Guidance from the EU
24.05.2019		2020 Sulphur cap Update following the IMO MEPC 74 in May 2019
24.04.2019		Check out our new partner website for IHM-Services!!!
18.04.2019		Happy Easter - 2019!
17.04.2019		New TTS Brochure 2019 now available!
12.02.2019		Now available - QSU Pre-AMSA Inspections in Australia
06.02.2019		News from the Panama Maritime Authority
28.12.2018		Reminder: EU – Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM)
27.12.2018		China – New regulations on ECAs effective from 01 Jan 2019
27.12.2018		Korean Register of Shipping moves to electronic certificates
21.12.2018		Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2018!
21.12.2018		The EU ship recycling regulation - coming into general application on 31 December 2018
11.12.2018		New Vessel General Permit (VGP) - Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018
16.11.2018		Electronic Notice of Arrival/Departure Workbook Update
14.11.2018		USCG updates the Notice of Arrival and Departure available means of reporting
02.11.2018		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - October 2018 - available
17.09.2018		Brexit – Recognition of seafarer certificates of competency if there’s no deal
13.09.2018		Implementation of IMO DCS – Some practical recommendations
20.08.2018		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - July 2018 - available
09.07.2018		New TTS Brochure 2018 now available!
09.07.2018		HMI GbR (QSU & exag) Approval of Service Supplier for HazMat Testing
05.07.2018		Paris and Tokyo MoU issue Letter of Warning to encourage compliance ahead of new limits for sulphur in ships
15.06.2018		UK – National Standard for Marine Oil Spill Response Organizations (OSRO)
06.06.2018		Australia investigation report of the Fire on board BBC Xingang
03.04.2018		Happy Easter - 2018!
03.04.2018		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - April 2018 - available
07.03.2018		USCG & NOAA to include navigation rules in U.S. coast pilot
08.01.2018		UK MCA amends its Code of Safe Working Practices
08.01.2018		Amendments to MARPOL ANNEX V (Regulation for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships)
04.01.2018		IMO fuel oil consumption data collection - Update your SEEMP NOW!!!
04.01.2018		Indian Ocean MoU new inspection regime in effect
02.01.2018		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - January 2018 - available
28.12.2017		Update on requirements for carriage of publications
21.12.2017		Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2018!
29.11.2017		UK Cyber Security Code of Practice for Ships
17.10.2017		Revised MARPOL Annex V garbage requirements
12.10.2017		!!!! HMI-GbR News TOP - URGENT !!!!The new service from the HMI-GbR. Read more in the following statement !!!!
02.10.2017		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - September 2017 - available
29.09.2017		BIMCO Releases Ballast Water Guidebook for Seafarers
08.09.2017		Shipowners beware: inspectors will focus on safe navigation!
30.08.2017		California Biofouling Requirements to Begin 1 October 2017
28.08.2017		Changes in Reporting Requirements for Vessels Calling California Ports & Implementation of Biofouling Regulations
28.08.2017		Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI Reg.13 effective from September 2017
17.08.2017		California – New biofouling regulations, effective on 1 October 2017
10.08.2017		NOAA warns of above-normal active hurricane season in Atlantic
31.07.2017		Launch of joint concentrated inspection campaign on safety of navigation
07.07.2017		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - July 2017 - available
28.04.2017		DNV GL Launches PSC Planner App
12.04.2017		Happy Easter - 2017!
03.04.2017		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - April 2017 - available
23.03.2017		New TTS Brochure 2017 now available!
22.02.2017		RMI clarifies issues re MLC financial security certificates
30.01.2017		DNV GL to certify 50 IHMs for Norddeutsche Reederei
23.01.2017		First amendments to the MLC 2006 come into force
16.01.2017		China’s low sulphur ECAs extends to 11 ports from 2017
03.01.2017		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - January 2017 - available
19.12.2016		Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2017!
07.12.2016		USCG updates BWM Extension Program
07.12.2016		China issues guidelines for ECAs
10.11.2016		Good News from India
10.11.2016		California to enforce At-Berth Regulation 2017
05.10.2016		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - October 2016 - available
09.09.2016		Ballast Water Management Convention enters into force on 8 September 2017
08.09.2016		Sulfur measurement in Canada
06.09.2016		IMO Addressing hazardous cargoes
30.08.2016		New Emission Control Areas in China 2016
24.08.2016		Riyadh MoU to focus on pilot transfer arrangements
04.08.2016		Launch of Concentrated Inspection Campaign on MLC 2006
18.07.2016		Portugal ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
01.07.2016		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - July 2016 - available
15.06.2016		Amendments adopted to the Code relating to Regulation 5.1 of the MLC, 2006
30.05.2016		Myanmar becomes the 75th State to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.
04.05.2016		U.S. Declares an Equivalency to Regulation VI/2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
02.05.2016		Amendments Maritime Labour Act
29.04.2016		ITF announces MLC implementation and enforcement study
25.04.2016		Verification of the gross mass of a packed container (VGM)
31.03.2016		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - March 2016 - available
21.03.2016		Happy Easter - 2016!
11.03.2016		Now available - QSU Pre-AMSA Inspections in Western Australia -
10.03.2016		Additional Management Director
23.02.2016		China introduces sulphur requirements for marine fuels
23.02.2016		USCG: Ballast water management reports update
12.02.2016		New TTS Brochure 2016 now available!
28.01.2016		New Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 fourth edition, 2015 available
13.01.2016		U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Management, Reporting and Recordkeeping
05.01.2016		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - December 2015 - available
23.12.2015		Now 70 countries in total have ratified the MLC 2006!
17.12.2015		Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
27.11.2015		New inspection regime under the Black Sea (BS) MOU in 2016
01.10.2015		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - October 2015 - available
23.09.2015		The newly revised ISO 14001:2015 is here!
17.09.2015		UK Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers - 2015
17.08.2015		Three additional QSU / Audit - Locations in Southeast Asia
14.08.2015		Tokyo and the Paris MoU - Launch of joint concentrated inspection campaign
12.08.2015		ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Revision
12.08.2015		New guidelines for inventory of hazardous materials, MEPC.269 (68)
01.07.2015		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - July 2015 - available
04.05.2015		Argentina Maritime Labour Convention set to come into force
02.04.2015		Happy Easter - 2015!
01.04.2015		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - March 2015 - available
24.03.2015		The International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (Nairobi - Wreck Removal Convention, 2007)
20.03.2015		Hong Kong Air Pollution Control Regulation
20.03.2015		New TTS Brochure 2014 now available!
04.02.2015		US Coast Guard updated e-NOAD and AIS requirements
15.01.2015		Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on STCW Hours of Rest 2014
07.01.2015		Updated IMO SOPEP Contact List - December 2014 - available
04.12.2012		Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006)
07.11.2012		Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP)