Legal / Regulations

BW Green takes World Fuel Services to a U.S. Court over the supply of off-spec marine fuel says Manifold Times.

Gas marine transportation services provider BW Green Carriers AS, a subsidiary of the BW Group, Friday (19 October) took bunkering firm World Fuel Services (WFS) to a U.S. court over the supply of alleged off-spec marine fuel to the LPG tankers M/V BW Kyoto and M/V BW Leo, according to legal documents obtained by Manifold Times.

WFS supplied...

http://mfame.guru/contaminated-bunker-bw-seeks-350000-damages-from-wfs/

On October 8, the American Captain of a giant cruise ship is all set to go on a trial in Marseille on pollution charges.

The American captain of a giant cruise ship‘The Azura’ is expected to on a trial in Marseille for pollution charges as the Mediterranean port city grapples with the rise in smog caused by its drive to increase boat tourism.

The American captain has been accused of using fuel with sulphur levels above European limits, as the Mediterranean port city grapples with...

http://mfame.guru/marseille-puts-american-ship-captain-on-trial-over-pollution/

Crewmembers not to be sent ashore before the arriving vessel is cleared by CBP.

Attorneys Murphy, Rogers & Sloss in New Orleans have advised that, earlier this month, the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has issued reminders to the New Orleans port community that crewmembers may not be sent ashore for medical appointments or repatriation before the arriving vessel is cleared by CBP.

Per 8 C.F.R. § 252.1, all persons employed in any capacity on board any vessel arriving in the United...

http://mfame.guru/usa-potential-fines-for-crew-onshore/

On September 25, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced that there will not be any delay implementing a reduction in the amount of sulfur in marine fuel in 2020.

During the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC) in Singapore, Edmund Hughes, the head of air pollution and energy efficiency at the IMO said, “I can categorically say there will not be a delay”.

From 2020, IMO rules will ban ships from using fuels with a sulfur content above 0.5 percent, compared...

http://mfame.guru/no-delays-to-implementing-shipping-fuel-sulfur-cap-in-2020-imo/

• IMO CC5 sub-committee has made a draft interim guidelines for fuel safety.
• The methanol fuel safety draft will be discussed at the MSC 100 meeting in December.
• The plan is to add methanol/ ethanol in the Low-flashpoint Fuels IGF Code.
• Methanol is sulphur free and emits low NOx.
• The draft defines it as a suitable fuel safe for operations on board ships.

In a major development, an IMO sub-committee has completed draft interim guidelines for the safety of ships using methyl/ethyl alcohol as...

http://mfame.guru/imo-takes-important-step-to-facilitate-use-of-methanol/