Paris and Tokyo MoU: Prohibition on carriage of non-compliant fuel

Paris and Tokyo MoU: Prohibition on carriage of non-compliant fuel 

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 under the Authorities belonging to these MoUs, 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...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/01/20/paris-and-tokyo-mou-prohibition-on-carriage-of-non-compliant-fuel/

CSA 2020 briefs industry on positive results of scrubber wash water composition study

Captain Mike Kaczmarek, vice president, Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding. Photo by Andy Newman/Carnival Cruise Lines

The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 took advantage of the 6th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR6) held in London this week – and the presence of member state delegates from across the world – to hold its first technical conference and present a detailed study of the composition and quality of exhaust gas...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/21/csa-2020-briefs-industry-on-positive-results-of-scrubber-wash-water-composition-study/