Questions also need to be answered regarding unintentional and involuntary non-compliance with sulphur limits, says IBIA.
Questions about potential non-availability situations of compliant marine fuel and other scenarios were discussed at PPR 5.
It will be difficult to find out ‘inflection point’ between fuel oil and MGO, says company executive committee member.
Some countries pleading for a transition period after 1 January 2020, expressing concerns about fuel availability, disruption of trade, and more.
Best protection for the Arctic will be a move by the shipping industry to simply consume low sulphur diesel or distillate fuels, says Clean Arctic Alliance.
A step in the right direction, says Director General of Danish Maritime Authority.
'Very likely' MARPOL Annex VI will be amended to make it an offence carry bunkers above 0.50% sulphur.
‘It is ironic therefore that decarbonization can be left up to a ship that is out of sight and out of the reach of many regulators,’...
“We expect the market really to consume compliant fuel and we understand from some of the larger refiners that they do have that fuel available,” says...
The Secretary-General of the IMO made the point clear in his opening speech at a recent meeting.
