New rules for China

Understanding the new China regulations is critical reports Julian Davies, Gareth Boyes and Lucy Chen, of Holman Fenwick Willan

For many years tankers operating in US waters have retained, on a contractual basis, an oil spill response organisation to provide clean-up services in the event of an oil pollution incident. The People’s Republic of China (PRC), since 1 January 2012, has a similar regime in place for all vessels with gross tonnages greater than 10,000, as well as all tankers carrying oil or other liquid hazardous cargo.