On 1 April 2020, with the unprecedented coronavirus lockdown in the UK barely two weeks old, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that it had suspended routine port state control inspections, including enforcing the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) 0.50pc sulphur cap.
The MCA said that it had also deferred routine inspections of compliance with the 0.1pc sulphur-capped Emission Control Areas (ECAs) – the North Sea and English Channel versions of which cover the majority...
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