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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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Tuesday, 22 January 19
AUSTRALIA'S YANCOAL PRODUCED 50 MMT SALEABLE COAL IN 2018 UP 59 PER CENT ON THE YEAR PRIOR, THE QUARTERLY REPORT SHOWS
According to the report, the miner's quarterly (Q4' 18) saleable coal production of 12.4 Mmt. Includes 10.5 Mmt (85 per cent) from the Comp ...
Monday, 21 January 19
KOSPO INVITING BIDS FOR 320K MT OF LOW CALORIFIC VALUE COAL
COALspot.com: South Korea state-owned utility Korea Southern Power Co. Ltd (KOSPO) issued a tender for 320,000 MT of min 3,800 kcal/kg NCV low calo ...
Monday, 21 January 19
SUPRAMAX: INDONESIAN COAL RUNS, TONNAGE WAS GIVING APS DELIVERIES AND A 57,000DWT SHIP FIXED AT $7,000 FOR A TRIP TO WEST COAST INDIA - BALTIC BRIEFING
Capesize
A positive end to a week that saw rates on the West Australia/China run slip below $6.00, as charterers faced a plentiful supply ...
Monday, 21 January 19
HARD COAL WORLD TRADE IN 2018 RISES BY 3.7 PER CENT; GLOBAL HARD COAL PRODUCTION INCREASES BY 1.7 PER CENT - VDKI
Global Hard Coal Production Increases By 1.7%.
According to provisional calculations by the German Coal Importer Association (VDKi), ...
Sunday, 20 January 19
OIL MARKET REPORT: A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT - IEA
Last month, we asked if there was a floor under prices following the signing of a new Vienna Agreement that aims to re-balance the oil market. Foll ...
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- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
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- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Marubeni Corporation - India
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- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
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- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
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- PTC India Limited - India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Planning Commission, India
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- White Energy Company Limited
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Minerals Council of Australia
- The University of Queensland
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Australian Coal Association
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
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