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Subject
Paris MoU Guidelines on Application of MARPOL
Annex VI Reg.18 in an Emission Control Area (ECA)
Technical
Information
No.
Date
TEC-1019
26 December 2014
To whom it may concern
From 1 January 2015, in the Emission Control Areas, the sulphur content limits of fuel oil will be
regulated to not more than 0.10% m/m in accordance with Regulation 14 of MARPOL Annex VI.
Regarding this matter, Paris MoU has issued the attached Guidelines, the contents of which are the
requirements of onboard procedures and evidential documents, check points during Port State Control,
and the procedures of notification to the port authority when compliant fuel oil is not available.
This Guidelines are also available on Paris MoU website.
(https://www.parismou.org/sites/default/files/Guidelines%20on%20fuel%20availability.pdf)
For any questions about the above, please contact:
NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Safety Management System Department, Administration Center, Head Office
Address:
4-7 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8567, Japan
Tel.:
+81-3-5226-2173
Fax:
+81-3-5226-2174
E-mail:
smd@classnk.or.jp
Attachment:
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Paris MoU Guidelines on Application of MARPOL Annex VI Reg.18 in an Emission Control
Area
IMO/ Sulphur oxides (SOx)- Regulation 14
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