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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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Friday, 27 September 19
LOWDOWN ON INCOTERMS 2020 OVERHAUL - BALTIC EXCHANGE
KNOWLEDGE TO ELEVATE
This ninth revision of Incoterms is changed in style and substance. The revisions improve certain aspects of Incoterms 20 ...
Thursday, 26 September 19
INDIA INCREASES ITS ANNUAL COAL PRODUCTION BY 2.7% PER YEAR FROM 850 MILLION SHORT TONS IN 2018 TO 2 BILLION SHORT TONS BY 2050 - EIA
Worldwide coal production holds steady at about 8 billion short tons, or 160 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), per year through 2040. Inc ...
Wednesday, 25 September 19
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - INTERMODAL
In the past five months there has been significant activity in the asset market with the dry bulk segment being by far the most volatile in terms o ...
Tuesday, 24 September 19
9TH ANNUAL SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATION SUMMIT 2019 ASIA PACIFIC
Summit: 9th Annual Supply Chain Innovation Summit 2019 Asia Pacific
Host: Ace Events
Website: http: ...
Monday, 23 September 19
SUPRAMAX: THE ASIAN ARENA IT WAS A SLOW START, BUT DEMAND INCREASED AS THE WEEK WENT ON - BALTIC BRIEFING
Capesize
The market trended down over this past week, breaking the market out of its upward trending range. While the market traded sideways at ...
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- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- The University of Queensland
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- White Energy Company Limited
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Planning Commission, India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- PTC India Limited - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Australian Coal Association
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
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