The International Maritime Organization’s 2020 Global Sulphur Limit Regulation, which is a significant challenge for the shipping industry, came into effect as of 1 January 2020. It limits the sulphur in fuel oil used on board ships operating outside designated emission control areas to O.5O% m/m (mass by mass), from 3.5O% m/m. Monitoring and enforcement .
Lithuania enlists EMSAâs remotely piloted aircraft to monitor bunker fuel sulphur content
09 Apr 2021
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) on Thursday (8 April) said it is providing Lithuania with Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) services to assist in monitoring ship emissions, protect the marine environment and improve maritime safety.
This move was made in response to a request from the Environmental Protection Department of Lithuaniaâs Ministry of the Environment.
The services began on 23 March and will run for three months and will see EMSAâs RPAS being used to calculate the sulphur content of the fuel being used by the passing ships.
TFG Marine to commence bunkering ops from Falmouth, UK January 20, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
TFG Marine, a joint venture bunker company formed by commodity trader Trafigura and shipping firms Frontline and Golden Ocean in 2020, will start bunkering operations this month for vessels at the Falmouth Anchorage, off the South West Coast of the United Kingdom, the company said.
Image Courtesy: TFG Marine
Trafigura has contracted with Falmouth Petroleum Limited, an affiliate of World Fuel Services, for marine fuel capacity at its Falmouth terminal, which is strategically located at the entrance to Northern Europe’s Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA).
As explained, the agreement will allow TFG Marine to access volumes from the terminal of 0.5 percent very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), 0.1 percent low-sulphur gasoil (LSGO), as well as high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) for ships with onboard scrubbers.