Amendments to the Turkish Ports Regulation
("Regulation") have been published in the Official
Gazette on 24 September 2019. Even though several important
amendments were made in the Regulation, two stand out.
Reporting Incidents
The amended Article 24 of the Regulation requires interests of
vessels and shore facilities to immediately report by VHF and other
appropriate means of communication to the Harbour Master's
Office ("HMO") any marine accidents, marine pollution,
major machinery failures, matters that pose a risk to navigational
safety and crimes committed on-board. The previous version of the
Regulation allowed a period of 3 hours to vessel/shore facility
interests to report incidents to the HMO.
