- A carriage ban on carrying fuel exceeding 0.50% sulphur will be adopted in MEPC 73.
- This makes the usage and carriage of fuel above 0.50% sulphur content illegal.
- As of now 1.61% of the residual fuels tested in 2017 were below 0.50%
- 95.02% of the tested fuel in marine distillates are 0.10% sulphur content.
- Countries propose an arctic region ban on carrying HFO after 2021.
- There’s already a HGO ban in the Antarctic in Regulation 43 of MARPOL Annex I.
Shipowners are up for a major change as the...