FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Brazil has delayed the enforcement of fines and sanctions under its biofouling regulation (NORMAM-401/DPC) by 18 months, pushing the start date to January 2028. According to NorthStandard’s correspondent, Rabb Carvalho Advocacia, while penalties are postponed, the regulation itself remains in force, and vessels are still expected to comply during this transition period. The decision is intended to give the maritime industry and authorities more time to adapt. RelatedNews Iceland advances labor standards with ratification of ILO Conventions No. 188 and 191 Panama Canal reduces draft for Neopanamax locks var jnews_module_21374794_0_6a27d7fc77b20 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21374794","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1146,3586,2339","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","goo