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