Aiming to clarify the situation regarding Fuel Oil Non-Availability Reports (FONARs), Skuld Club says that it is a discretionary tool for a Member State to lessen the breach of MARPOL Annex VI. However, it explains that FONARs are not an exemption but rather a self-declaration by owners that a breach has or is about to take place.
As Sarah Brooke, Assistant Vice President, Claims, Lawyer, Skuld Club says, there has been much discussion on whether owners may depend on the FONAR because of...