Tag: Emission Control Areas (ECA)

Due to change in procedure for completing Supplement As already advised in ClassNK Technical Information No. TEC-0771 dated 13 May 2009, in accordance with Reg. 14 of MARPOL Annex VI, the sulphur content limit value for a fuel oil used outside of an Emission Control Area will be changed from 4.50% m/m to 3.50% m/m on 1 January 2012 and will be effective thereafter.Required sulphur content limit values are described in section 2.3 of the Supplement to the IAPP Certificate using a check box form. So far, only the check box for the sulphur content limit value which is applicable at the time of issuance of the Certificate has been ticked off. Therefore, whenever a new sulphur content limit values is enforced, the IAPP Certificate needs to be replaced each time.However, the IMO MEPC 61 agreed that section 2.3 of the Supplement should be completed on the basis of all available options, with a view to avoiding the need for repeated re-issuance of the Supplement, as the various given dates are passed. In accordance with this agreement, ClassNK will change the procedure for completion of section 2.3 of the Supplement and tick off all the check boxes which may be ...

Survey finds 94% of respondents had problems with their fuel deliveries A new DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) survey has found that, in the past 12 months, 94% of ship operator respondents encountered problems with their fuel deliveries, the majority of whom said off-specification bunkers was their biggest challenge.About 43% said the off-specification fuel deliveries were serious quality cases.Filter clogging was the most common problem encountered, followed by sludging, fuel pump sticking and seizures, and piston ring breakages.While most of the respondents said the fuel quality cases they encountered were resolved in a satisfactory manner, 18% did not report a positive outcome.This latter group suggested that the availability of an industry standard on fuel contaminants, technical advice guiding the ship on how use problematic fuels, and debunkering would have been useful.About 50% of the respondents were from technical departments, 15% from operations and 18% represented management. about 60% of the respondents are involved in fuel purchasing.Some 73% of the respondents have ships trading in the emission control areas (ECAs) and the survey findings suggest that "a more matured enforcement of the sulphur regulations in Europe has developed, with ship operators gradually becoming adapted to the requirements in the EU and the ...