cular Ref No.

: SPRO
Circ O 1702

Datte: 9 Febru
uary 2017

Dea
ar Sirs or Madam,
M

bject: Min
Sub nistry of Transporta
T ation of China
C Abolished thee Sludge and
Garrbage Disposal Req quirementt on Oceann Vessels before De
eparture frrom
Chiinese Portts as of 13
3 Dec 20166

Minnistry of Trransportation (“MOTT”) of China issued a formal n notice on their

t
revision decission(No. 833 MOT Ord der 2016) of Provisio
ons of Peooples’ Repu ublic
of China
C on Administra
A ation of Prrevention of
o Marine Environme ental Polluution
Cauused by Ships
S and Their Rellated Operrating Actiivities, which came into
effe
ect on 13 Dec
D 2016. One of th he revisions made too the above e regulatio
on is
thatt sludge and
a garbagge disposaal would no
n longer be manda atory to oc cean
vesssels beforre they lea
ave Chinesse ports, in
ncluding all the portss within Boohai
area.

Forr ship owners’ easyy referencce and un nderstandin ng, we su

ummarize the
timeeline of reg
gulation ch
hange in this respect as follows:

z 01 Feb 20
011

Provisionss of Peoplles’ Repub blic of Chin

na on Adm ministration of Preven ntion
of Marinee Environm mental Polllution Cau used by Ships
S and Their Rela ated
Operatingg Activities(No.7, MOOT Order 20 010), whicch came intto effect on
n 01
Feb 2011, provided d that interrnational navigating vessels
v hall dispose of
sh
the polluta
ants on booard before g from a Chinese porrt. Vessels are
e departing
required to
t present a valid pollutant disposal certificate to MS SA when go oing
through port
p departu ure formaliities.

z 01 Oct 20
013

In 2013, China
C MSAA issued a notice
n [201
13 No.593]] on the ab
bolishment and
suspensioon of som
me related fee items and regulations, in which it was
decided that vessells are allowed to choose theirr port of co onvenience to
dispose of
o the polluttants, in orrder to avooid vessels having to dispose off the
 pollutantss and pay relevant co
osts repea
atedly when calling m more than one
Chinese port
p in one
e voyage. However, such arra angement d didn’t apply to
ports with
hin Bohai Bay,
B where
e vessels were
w still re
equired to dispose off the
sludge annd garbage e on board before departure.

z 13 Dec 20
016

As mentiooned in the
e beginningg of the cirrcular, MOT issued a formal no
otice
in end of 2016 whe erein the sludge and garbage disposal
d re
equirement on
ocean vesssels weree completed abolishe ed.
 

Hop
pe the abo ove is of assistance
a . If you ha uery, pleasse feel free to
ave any qu
con
ntact us at pni.bj@huatai-serv.ccom.

Besst regards,

Cui Jiyu
Vice
e Presiden
nt