Maritime fuel treatment company, Aderco, reminded ship owners, ship managers and operators that they should start planning how they will comply with the IMO’s 2020 global sulphur cap. Namely, Olivier Baiwir, CEO of Aderco, believes that some in the maritime industry consider the start of the cap to be in a year, but they must make sure they will be compliant with the new regulations.
Mr. Baiwir specifically said that:
By this March ship owners, ship managers and operators need to be lining up their treatments in preparation for the end of 2019 when they will be bunkering the new fuels. Despite the recent highly publicised bans on open-loop scrubbers, fuel treatment remains the most cost-effective and simplest way to address compliance, as well as providing an extra bonus of helping to protect your marine diesel engines
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He explained that during this period, cleaning the tanks before bunkering new fuel is very important for the tasks that must be addressed. In fact, even if the slightest amount of high-sulphur fuel remains in the tank, this will mean non-compliance.
Moreover, Olivier Baiwir considers additives as a highly effective solution to the cap and the smart way to comply. Additives are poured directly into storage tanks before bunkering and can also be added directly into fuel tanks to limit comingling risks, regenerate the current sludge into usable fuel and clean out contaminants before receiving the new low-sulphur fuel. He also added that fuel treatment can protect engines.
The simplest and most cost-effective method is a fuel treatment. With a strong focus likely to be on the shipping world and policing by Port State Control in the early part of 2020 for anyone not adhering to the new rules, the chances are that some will find themselves on the end of hefty fines and detentions for non-compliance
Olivier Baiwir concluded.
