Brazil: Regulatory gap on ship-to-ship (STS) transfers filled

STS tranfers in Brazil have never been regulated but from 1 December 2021, the National Waterway Transport Agency (ANTAQ)’s Resolution 59 of 28 October 2021 will govern such operations. Members are referred to the website of Proinde, the UK P&I Club’s Brazilian Correspondents, for details of the new regulations.

If Members have any questions relating to these regulations, your usual contact at the Club will be pleased to assist you.

Jacqueline Tan

Legal Services Manager

Date30/11/2021

Tags

You may also be interested in:

Recently, the reference routes for common navigational methods in Haizhou Bay was jointly published by Lianyungang and Shandong MSA in order to smooth the traffic lanes between different port areas in Haizhou Bay and reduce the risk of collision between merchant and fishing vessels.

The UK P&I Club received the following update from Harpaz P&I, a local Israeli correspondent, regarding the port situation in Israel. 

The Port of Singapore has reminded all operators of the potential consequences of minor bunker spills, which they state are generally caused by operational lapses.

The UK P&I Club, one of the world’s leading mutual insurers of third-party liabilities for ocean-going merchant ships, has appointed Angie Hatziefstratiou as Syndicate Manager for the Club’s EMEA 2 region, which covers the UK, Southern Europe, the Middle East.