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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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Wednesday, 24 April 19
PANAMAX: IN THE EAST, THE MARKET MOVED SIDE-WAYS, WITH FEWER COAL CARGOES FROM INDONESIA PUTTING PRESSURE ON RATES - INTERMODAL
Sentiment in the Dry Bulk market slowly but steadily kept improving last week as Capesize rates remained in recovery mode and Panamax earnings also ...
Wednesday, 24 April 19
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - IS THIS A BANKERS' MARKET? - INTERMODAL
Over the last 10 years, many of the traditional and top lending banks have made the decision to either downsize their portfolios or even exit shipp ...
Monday, 22 April 19
COAL INDIA TO ASK POWER PLANTS TO CUT COAL IMPORTS - DNA
Co to encourage import substitution with domestic supplies at power plants
Surge in coal imports has now forced Coal India Ltd (CIL) ...
Thursday, 18 April 19
BIMCO SEES HARD TIMES AHEAD FOR CAPESIZES
China’s increased use of scrap metal for its production of crude steel is fundamentally critical to the dry bulk shipping industry. Mostly Ca ...
Wednesday, 17 April 19
ONCE AGAIN WE FACED WITH THE SITUATION OF THE DRY BALTIC INDEX BEING BELOW 1,000 POINTS - INTERMODAL
Once again we are faced with the situation of the Dry Baltic Index being below 1,000 points. In a market where the feeling of insecurity is almost ...
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- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Planning Commission, India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- The University of Queensland
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
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