Tag: 2020 sulphur cap

A study by Wood Mackenzie shows that global bunker fuel costs could rise by up to US$60 billion per year from 2020, in a full compliance scenario, when the IMO 0.5 wt% sulphur cap for bunker fuels starts.

Carnival Corporation & plc announced it has completed the installation and certification of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems on 60 ships across its brands, improving the quality of air emissions and leading, in this way, to a significant development in shipboard environmental technology.

Neste announced that has started the ex-pipe delivery of low-sulphur marine fuel at the Södertälje terminal in Sweden. The service will first be used by Astral, a tanker operated by Sirius Chartering. These fuels offer a good solution to reduce sulfur emissions and to fulfill EU and national tight regulations.

Testing for LSMGO compliance is becoming increasingly prevalent in Emission Control Areas in both the United States and European Union. Thus, the Republic of the Marshall Islands has issued Marine Safety Advisory in order to advise of Low Sulphur Marine Gas Oil (LSMGO) fuel oil testing by port States

The Spanish firm CEPSA recently announced that it has started to supply 0.1 percent ultra-low-sulphur fuel oil in Algeciras Bay in Gibraltar, in order to meet the upcoming global limit of 0.50% m/m sulphur content in fuel oil, effective from 1 January 2020.

Danish Martime and MARCOD are organizing a conference in April which is said to be mainly focused on scrubber technology and the implementation of new rules on sulfur emissions.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd. (MHI-MME) announced that it has completed retrofit work for 80 vessels of LNGC, in order to minimize sulfur content of fuel emissions.

Genoil Inc has announced the signing of a MOU with the Bomin Group for a potential collaboration to develop low sulphur fuel products compliant with the IMO newly announced global low sulphur fuel regulations.

IMO has issued guidance addressing the location of onboard fuel sampling points and the handling of samples for the testing of sulphur content for MARPOL Annex VI compliance. IMO recommends the use of designated sampling points, as agreed with the vessel’s Flag State. If there are no designated sampling points, advice is given on selecting suitable sampling locations.

The AMSA has issued marine notice aiming to advise of the global implementation of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex VI limit of 0.50% m/m sulphur content in fuel oil, for all ships, from 1 January 2020.