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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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Monday, 21 October 19
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SHORT TERM STRENGTH FOR OZ COMMODITIES - BALTIC BRIEFING
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- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
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- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
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- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
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- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
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- The University of Queensland
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- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
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- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
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- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
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- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
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- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- PTC India Limited - India
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
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- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- White Energy Company Limited
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Planning Commission, India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
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- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
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