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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, 26 May 19
SUPRAMAX: A LIMITED ACTIVITY WAS REPORTED, WITH THE UPCOMING INDONESIAN HOLIDAYS SLOWING COAL MOVEMENTS - BALTIC BRIEFING
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The past week marked one of the busier periods for Capesizes this year. With a subdued start due to a public holiday in Singapore on M ...
Wednesday, 22 May 19
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - INTERMODAL
The ship repair sector is showing a constant and gradual increase on the workload throughout the past months, with almost all the shipyards worldwi ...
Saturday, 18 May 19
SUPRAMAX: 56,000DWT OPEN PANJANG FIXING AT $10,500 FOR A TRIP VIA INDONESIA, AND REDELIVERY CHINA - BALTIC EXCHANGE
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The market continues to ebb and flow with a generally positive up trend. The Capesize 5TC opened with upward momentum from last week&r ...
Friday, 17 May 19
CHINA'S BENCHMARK POWER COAL PRICE REMAINS FLAT - XINHUA
China’s benchmark power coal price remained flat during the past week.
The Bohai-Rim Steam-Coal Price Index (BSPI), a gauge of ...
Thursday, 16 May 19
SUPRAMAX: INDO/CHINA COAL RV TRADING AROUND US$ 9,000 BSS S.CHINA DELIVERY - FEARNLEYS
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This volatile segment is trying to find a clear direction from the present US$ 12,000/day earnings for standard units says Fearnleys W ...
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- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
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- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
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- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
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- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
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- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Australian Coal Association
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
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- Eastern Coal Council - USA
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- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
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- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
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- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
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- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
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- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
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- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
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- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
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- Wilmar Investment Holdings
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- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Marubeni Corporation - India
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- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
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- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
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- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
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- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
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