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