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Tuesday, 04 June 19
MARPOL ANNEX VI - SULPHUR CAP 2020 - DEMYSTIFYING THE FONAR - SKULD
 KNOWLEDGE TO ELEVATE
Fuel Oil Non-Availability Report (FONAR) is primarily a discretionary tool for a Member State to lessen the breach of MARPOL Annex VI, it is not an exemption but rather a self-declaration by owners that a breach has or is about to occur.
IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (“MEPC”) 74 published its resolutions on 20 May 2019 and specifically Section 5 deals with the ramifications of the aforementioned report.
The concerns over non-availability of globally compliant bunkers of 0.5% bear identical hallmarks of the implementation of the ECA zones and availability of 0.1% back in 2015.
There has been much discussion on whether owners may rely on the FONAR due to non-availability of compliant fuel.
However, how it will be applied by each Member State remains to be seen.
The FONAR consists of an immensely detailed questionnaire. Owners who find themselves in breach of Regulation 18 can make use of a FONAR. However, the evidential threshold is high and succeeding on a dispensation or reduction of a fine will depend on whether best efforts were made to:
Source compliant fuel;
Source local alternative sources.
That said, even unavailability is not a carte blanche to breaching MARPOL since alternative compliant fuels could have, most likely, been purchased such as 0.1% distillates.
To support a claim that all efforts were made to source complaint fuel, owners will need to furnish exhaustive evidence that a voyage plan was in place, that there were valid reasons for being unable to source compliant bunkers and/or operational issues which would have endangered the vessel had the non-compliant bunkers been burnt.
Owners can be sure that the Port State Control (PSC) inspectors will investigate other vessels which called at a port which allegedly did not have compliant fuel available in order to verify the truth of the statements contained within the report.
The PSC will also look for evidence of any fuel changeovers conducted outside of the jurisdiction of the Member States and whether the vessel had working emission control equipment during its visit.
Interestingly, the PSC will keep record of how many FONARs a vessel and/or their operators have requested in a period of twelve months. Any patterns of non-compliance by a fleet will be found out, sanctioned and prevented from submitting future FONARs.
Stringent investigations are likely to ensue following the submission of a FONAR and the information will be shared between Member States to report on compliant fuel oil supply issues.
Owners should beware that only a small quantity of non-compliant bunkers should be stemmed, if at all, as entering a Member State will result in the entirety of the non-compliant bunkers being debunkered at owners’ expense to bring the vessel within compliance.
The new FONAR wording is set out at Annex 1 of MEPC 74.
Source: SKULD
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Sunday, 29 December 19
AUSTRALIA SUFFERS WORST OF CHINA'S COAL CURBS AFTER EARLIER BOOM - BLOOMBERG
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Friday, 27 December 19
MISERY LOOMS OVER TOP COAL SHIPPERS AS CHINA TO BUY LESS IN 2020 BLOOMBERG
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Thursday, 26 December 19
REVIEW OF 2019 AND OUTLOOK FOR 2020 - OPEC
Global economic growth slowed in 2019, impacted by a variety of challenges. Trade issues not only led to reduction in global final consumption but ...
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- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- The University of Queensland
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Planning Commission, India
- PTC India Limited - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Australian Coal Association
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
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