Paris MOU and Tokyo MOU | Prohibition on the Carriage of Non-Compliant Fuel
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- Published: 20 January 2020
The Tokyo and Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) on port State control (PSC) have been working collaboratively to ensure that vessel owners and operators are aware that inspections will be undertaken to ensure compliance with the new sulphur limit requirements on marine fuel oil, from 1 January 2020.
These new requirements prohibit the use of non-compliant fuel from 1 January 2020 and the carriage of non-compliant fuel, for use on the ship, from 1 March 2020, unless the ship is fitted with an Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (EGCS).
Ship owners and operators need to comply with one of the following:
- Use compliant fuel oil with sulphur content not more than 0.50% m/m;
- Use an alternative fuel, such as LNG, with a sulphur content of 0.50 % m/m or less; or
- Fit an alternative means of compliance, such as an EGCS approved under regulation 4 of MARPOL Annex VI.
From 1 March 2020 non-compliant fuel can only be carried on board, for use on the ship, where the vessel is fitted with an EGCS. In instances where compliant fuel cannot be obtained a Fuel Oil Non-Availability Report (FONAR) must be submitted to the flag State and the Competent Authority in the next port of call.
You can download here the official Press Release.
Source: www.parismou.org
