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