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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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Saturday, 06 April 19
SUPRAMAX: IT WAS A POOR WEEK OVERALL FOR THE BALTIC SUPRAMAX INDEX, WHICH LOST GROUND - BALTIC BRIEFING
Capesize
The Capesize market over the past week looked to have found a floor on Tuesday with the BCI 5TC at $3460 before firming into the rest ...
Thursday, 04 April 19
OVERSUPPLY STILL MAJOR CHALLENGE WARNS ICS
Speaking in Istanbul, Simon Bennett, Deputy Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) warned that avoiding overcapacity and ...
Thursday, 04 April 19
GLENCORE, TOHOKU ELECTRIC SET COAL CONTRACT PRICE AT $94.75/T - SOURCE, REUTERS REPORTED
Global miner Glencore and Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power agreed on a price of $94.75 per tonne for supplies of thermal coal from Australia for ...
Monday, 01 April 19
FORCE MAJEURE SUCCESS NOT A SEA CHANGE - BALTIC EXCHANGE
KNOWLEDGE TO ELEVATE
It is difficult to successfully argue that contractual performance has been prevented or delayed by force majeure. This i ...
Monday, 01 April 19
AUSTRALIAN COAL AT RISK FROM CHINA MOVE, WARNS GOVERNMENT REPORT - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
A new government report warns China’s restrictions on coal imports is the number one risk for Australian coal this year and could lead to a s ...
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- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- The University of Queensland
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Australian Coal Association
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- White Energy Company Limited
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- PTC India Limited - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Minerals Council of Australia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Planning Commission, India
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
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