Yard spying evidence mounts

Source: Fairplay Daily News
Prosecutors in Busan say they have sufficient evidence to charge a Chinese surveyor with illegally obtaining shipbuilding technology from a South Korean shipyard. According to a statement from prosecutors, the Chinese citizen known only as 'Mr J' stole "core technology" while stationed as a ship surveyor at the yard on behalf of a Chinese shipping company that had ordered container ships. The prosecutor’s office, which said today that it has completed its investigation, added that the suspect is from an unnamed American classification society and that 1,500 files with information relating to vital technology for construction of LNG carriers and drill ships had been downloaded into a notebook computer last year.

AAPA hails passage of vessel air emissions bill

Source: MarEx Newsletter
The American Association of Port Authorities has praised Congress for passing H.R. 802, the Maritime Pollution Prevention Act, which will implement Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, more commonly known as MARPOL, providing air quality benefits for port communities in countries that are signatories to the treaty. Annex VI is a global treaty that establishes emission limits for oxides of nitrogen (NOx), oxides of sulfur (SOx) and other pollutants from vessels.