TURKISH ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY REPLACES THE ISTANBUL AND KOCAELI MUNICIPALITIES AS THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WITH DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE POLLUTION FINES ON MARINE TRAFFIC:

The Circular numbered 2023/3 has removed the Istanbul and Kocaeli Municipalities from the list of organs that are authorized by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change to conduct environmental inspections and to impose pollution fines on marine traffic while adding Turkish Environmental Agency to the list.

TIME TO BE AN EVERYDAY HEROINE TO SAVE THE EARTH AS THE AUTHORITIES ISSUE REGULATIONS TO PROTECT IT!:

Conducting around 90% of the world trade, maritime transport has an important place in marine pollution through all of its components including vessels, ports and shipyards. This Client Alert focuses on "the Regulation on the Environmental Management of Shipyards, Boat Manufacturing Sites and Slipway Sites" within the framework of the struggle against marine pollution in Turkey.