The Director of Legal and External Affairs at IMO talks to BIMCO Bulltein about FONAR, scrubbers, and more.
Other suppliers such as Spanish refiner Cepsa forecasting higher price premium of $300/t differential in 2020.
Regulators have laid out rules, but issues remain with scrubbers, alternative fuels, and bunker quality.
Bunker suppliers will be ‘encouraged’ to provide only low sulphur fuels that meet the latest ISO Standard.
Action to be taken against bunker suppliers delivering fuel not complying with minimum flashpoint requirement.
IMO to be notified of marine fuel suppliers delivering bunkers which fail to meet SOLAS requirements.
Welcomes Neptune Galene and Neptune Thalassa back to fleet after scrubber installation at Odessos shipyard.
Ensure parties pay attention to terms for the purchase and supply of marine fuels to ships after IMO 2020.
Bought at least seven 30,000 mt cargoes from different suppliers since March for onto tanker Oceania.
Initial findings suggest ships operating open-loop EGCS will have ‘near zero impact’ on harbour water quality.
