As the MEPC 73 starts today in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance calls the member states to reaffirm their commitment towards a ban on the use and carriage of polluting heavy fuel oil from Arctic shipping from 2021.
At MEPC 72 most of IMO members agreed in principle to this ban. Heavy fuel oil (HFO) is back on the agenda for MEPC 73, which will examine an impact assessment methodology, which establishes the work to be done to reduce the risks associated with the “use and carriage of heavy fuel...
https://safety4sea.com/focus-on-arctic-hfo-ban-ahead-of-mepc-73/