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The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes No advertising of products under the scope of the Code to the public. No free samples to mothers. No promotion of products in health care facilities, including the distribution of free or low-cost supplies. No company representatives to advise mothers. No gifts or personal samples to health care workers. No words or pictures idealizing artificial feeding, including pictures of infants, on the labels of the products. Information to h...

January 15, 2021 By Jim Myers Washington, D.C.—Even as the House was moving to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the incoming Senate majority leader, laid out a “bold” agenda that includes infrastructure investment. Schumer told his fellow Democrats in a letter their work will not be delayed by the impeachment drama. Schumer’s call for action on infrastructure tracks with Preside...

On December 19, 2020, the Department of Health in Canada published in the Canada Gazette, Part I a notice of its intent to amend the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR). The HPR is the federal level legislation that sets forth the classification, labeling, and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) requirements for hazardous products intended to be used, handled, or stored in workplaces in Canada. The HPR is based on the fifth revised edition (Rev 5) of the United Nations (UN) Globally Harmonized System of ...

Resolution MEPC.315(74): Amendments to MARPOL Annex II A new term ‘persistent floater’ has been added to the definitions under cargo residues and tank washings. Also, the discharge requirements for cargo residues and tank washings containing persistent floating products with a high viscosity and/or a high melting point that can solidify under certain conditions have been strengthened in some sea areas. Vessels must pre-wash and discharge residue generated during prewash to a shore reception...

How a Science Fight Finally Led to Worlds First Global Species List in 2020 STEPHEN GARNETT ET AL., THE CONVERSATION 9 JANUARY 2021 Taxonomy, or the naming of species, is the foundation of modern biology. It might sound like a fairly straightforward exercise, but in fact its complicated and often controversial. Why? Because theres no one agreed list of all the worlds species.   Competing lists exist for organisms such as mammals and birds, while other less well-known groups have none. And ...

HMD LNG Carrier Gets AIP From the Korean Register Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. January 8, 2021 Kim Yeon-tae, executive vice president of KR Technical Division (right) and Nam Young-joon, executive vice president of HMD, are taking commemorative photos at the certificate award ceremony. (Photo: KR) The Korean Register (KR) has awarded Approval In Principle (AIP) for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with a prismatic IMO type-B tank built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD)....

The Korean Register (KR) has awarded Approval In Principle (AIP) for an LNG carrier with a prismatic IMO type-B tank built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD).

KR grants AIP to HMD for 30,000m3 LNG carrier with prismatic IMO type-B tank The Korean Register (KR) has awarded Approval In Principle (AIP) for an LNG carrier with a prismatic IMO type-B tank built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD). The ship is a small to medium-sized LNG carrier with a B-type cargo tank developed as a result of a technical collaboration project between KR and HMD, which began in February 2020. The type-B tank is usually applied to the fuel tanks of large sized container ships o...

InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/01/06 After the Open Arms ship brought 265 rescued migrants to Italy, the crew was isolated and placed in mandatory quarantine. The Spanish NGO vessel will remain in the harbor of Port Empedocle in the province of Agrigento, Sicily. The mandatory quarantine of the Open Arms crew was ordered by the Sicily maritime health department in Palermo. The coast guard commander in Porto Empedocle, Frigate...

2020 marked the implementation of the much anticipated global 0.5% m/m sulphur cap regulation, commonly referred to as IMO-2020. However, the potential consequences from the fallout of IMO-2020 were overshadowed by the impact of COVID-19. The pandemic also forced the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meetings planned to be held between March and July 2020 to be postponed and reconstructed on a virtual platform during the later part of this year, which effectively slowed down the pace of...