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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, 12 April 19
U.S : MORE THAN 7 GW OF COAL-FIRED GENERATION IS SCHEDULED TO RETIRE BY THE END OF 2020 - EIA
EIA estimates that U.S. coal production decreased by 19 million short tons (MMst) (2%) in 2018, totaling 756 MMst.
EIA also expects ...
Friday, 12 April 19
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Wednesday, 10 April 19
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Wednesday, 10 April 19
KOSPO INVITED BIDS FOR 160K MT OF MIN. 3700 NCV COAL FOR JUNE LOADING
COALspot.com: South Korea state-owned utility Korea Southern Power Co. Ltd (KOSPO) issued a tender for 160,000 MT of min. 3,800 Kcal/kg ~max.4,100 ...
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- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Minerals Council of Australia
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- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Economic Council, Georgia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
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- Parliament of New Zealand
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- PTC India Limited - India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
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- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
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- MS Steel International - UAE
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
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- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Planning Commission, India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- The University of Queensland
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Australian Coal Association
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
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