China MSA announces their Implementation Plan of 2020 Global Marine Fuel Oil Sulphur Limits on 23 October 2019
In order to effectively implement the IMO's global regulations on the limits of the sulphur content of marine fuel oil, China MSA announced the Implementation Plan of 2020 Global Marine Fuel Oil Sulphur Limits (hereinafter referred to as “The Plan”) on 23 October 2019. The Plan specifies the requirements on the ships’ use and carriage of fuel oil as well as alternative measures, reporting of information about the ships’ use and carriage of fuel oil, disposal of ships’ non‐compliant fuel oil, prior registration of bunker suppliers, as well as MSA’s supervision and administrative measures, etc. The Plan also includes the format of the Fuel Oil Non‐Availability Report (Hereinafter referred to as “FONAR”).
The new IMO global sulphur cap requirements enter force on 1st January 2020 and a robust and consistent approach to compliance is expected by all Port State Control (PSC) regimes.
Members are advised that effective 12:00pm, Thursday 22 July, South Australia transitioned from a 'low risk' state to a ‘medium risk’ state, advance warning of a FIC has also been given which will run in Australia from 1 August to 31 September 2021 to determine the level of compliance with the safety of navigation requirements of International Conventions and familiarity of the masters and officers with their processes for ensuring safety of navigation.
The UK P&I Club recently held the 16th in our series of Live Webinars, this time in collaboration with the Mission to Seafarers which focussed on Crew Health matters and in particular mental wellbeing.
