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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, 30 March 19
KOEN INVITES BIDS FOR 450,000 TONS OF (SUB) BITUMINOUS COAL FOR H1 AND JUNE 2019
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Wednesday, 27 March 19
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Friday, 22 March 19
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Though China maintains there is no ban, China-bound Australian coal shipments are looking for a new home. For the past few months, coal cargoes are ...
Thursday, 21 March 19
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- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
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- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
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- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
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- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
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- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
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- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
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- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
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- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
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- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
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- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
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- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
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- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Posco Energy - South Korea
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- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
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- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
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- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Planning Commission, India
- The University of Queensland
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
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- White Energy Company Limited
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
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- Petron Corporation, Philippines
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