In view of the imminent requirement for shipowners to contract with approved spill responders in China, ITOPF hosted a seminar specialized in the topic in Beijing on Nov. 16th, 2011. Speakers came from MSA, IG, Shipowner, CACEM and individual OSRO. More than one hundred attendees of ship owners, P&I clubs, local OSROs and law firms joined the event followed by a reception party. Chen Keyu and Kuang Shilin from CMS are invited to be present in the seminar.
Subsequently, IG delegation together with ITOPF and ICS people had in-deep discussion with MSA and CACEM for clarifying the detailed requirement shipowners should comply with and rendered the questions shipowners and their P&I Club are concerned. An internal discussion was also held between IG delegation and CMS who made a presentation on the detailed plan how to serve shipowners as their contracting agent.
