Tag: MARPOL Annex VI

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MARPOL Annex VI certification of an Approved Method for MAN B&W L50MC engines

West of England P&I Club article The West of England P&I Club issued an article regarding Ocean Going Vessels Fuel Rule Sunset Review Process in United States.On 1 January 2015 a new MARPOL Annex VI requirement will enter into force reducing the maximum sulphur content for fuel oil from 1.0% to 0.1% within sulphur Emission Control Areas (ECAs). In the United States, this will mean fulfilling the provisions of the North American ECA.Within Californian waters, vessels also need to comply with the California Air Resources Boards (CARB) Ocean Going Vessels (OGV) fuel rule which requires vessels to use distillate fuel oil (MDO or MGO) with a sulphur content not exceeding 0.1%. There are two principal differences between the requirements of the North American ECA and the CARB OGV fuel rule:MARPOL does not specify the type of fuel to be used other than stipulating that the sulphur content must not exceed 0.1%. The CARB OGV fuel rule requires the use of distillate fuel oil, not residual fuel oil.MAPROL permits the use of alternative emission control technologies (eg exhaust gas scrubbers) to achieve the necessary reduction in sulphur emissions. The CARB OGV fuel rule legislation does not recognise the use of such ...

Clarifying all of the details of ECA implementation with respect to PSC inspection The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is encouraging the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control to ensure that a harmonised approach to PSC inspections has been developed in advance of the 1 January 2015 deadline with respect to the implementation of the 0.1% Sulphur Emission Control Areas (ECAs), established in accordance with MARPOL Annex VI.ICS has underlined the shipping industry's commitment to full compliance with the IMO sulphur ECA requirements from January 2015. However, ICS is concerned that information collected by its member national ship owners' associations suggests that many governments are not yet prepared to implement the requirements in a uniform manner, in order to ensure the prevention of a potentially serious market distortion.ICS Secretary General, Peter Hinchliffe explained: "The shipping industry is investing billions of dollars in order to ensure compliance with this major regulatory change, and the huge costs involved could have a profound impact on the future structure of the entire shipping industry. We therefore think it is vital that governments get the details of any PSC intervention right as we enter a new world in which fuel costs for many ...

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RS and the Maritime Administration of Latvia signed revised Annexes to the Agreement Governing the Delegation of Statutory Certification Services

Further to Class News No. 22/2014, from 1 January, 2015, the maximum sulphur content of fuel oil used within the MARPOL Annex VI Emission Control Areas (ECAs) will be 0.10%

Videotel has launched a new training course, The Practical Management and Switching of Fuels, designed to ensure that switching to low sulphur fuel when operating in Emission Control Areas (ECAs)

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has submitted a document to IMO to highlight the increasing importance of reliability assessing the availability of MARPOL Annex VI

Any non-identical replacement engine to which MARPOL ANNEX VI reg. 13 applies has to comply with the Tier level in force on the date of installation. This means Tier II compliance is required for all engines installed after 1-1-2011, and Tier III compliance is required for engines installed after 1-1-2016 on board vessels operating in ECAs.