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