29OCT2018 - NEWS - International Maritime Organization looks set to introduce ban on ships carrying High Sulphur Fuel

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will decide in near future whether to ban the carriage of high-sulphur fuels. Amendments to Marpol Annex VI were approved in April, during the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 72), and would prohibit the carriage of fuels that don’t comply with the IMO’s 2020 low-sulphur regulations. The amendments are expected to be formally implemented at this week’s MEPC 73. In effect, this means any vessel carrying high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO), such as the heavy fuel oil (HFO) containerships commonly burn, in special environmental zones would be considered to have breached the 2020 regulations.

Published by Editor - www.Livebunkers.com at 29-Oct-2018 05:33:40 [UTC] , contact editor at editor@livebunkers.com