MEMBER ALERT Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., Manager One Battery Park Plaza 31 st Fl., New York, NY 10004 USA Tel: +1 212 847 4500 Fax: +1 212 847 4599 www.american-club.com American Club Member Alert – February 21 , 201 7 1 FEBRUARY 21, 2017 GUIDANCE UPDATES: WELCOME TO THE USA! AND WELCOME TO GREATER CHINA! Your Managers are pleased to announce that the American Club’s two guidance documents, Welcome to the USA! and Welcome to Greater China!, have been updated. They are summaries of key regulations of which shipowners should be aware when trading to and from, respectively, the United States of America, and the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The documents can be found on the Club’s website as follows: Welcome to the USA! http://www.american-club.com/page/USA-regulations Welcome to Greater China! http://www.american-club.com/page/greater-china-regulations The Mandarin Chinese versions of Welcome to the USA! will be updated and posted in the coming weeks.