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2020 marked the implementation of the much anticipated global 0.5% m/m sulphur cap regulation, commonly referred to as IMO-2020. However, the potential consequences from the fallout of IMO-2020 were overshadowed by the impact of COVID-19. The pandemic also forced the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meetings planned to be held between March and July 2020 to be postponed and reconstructed on a virtual platform during the later part of this year, which effectively slowed down the pace of some key work done on the regulatory front. Even though the challenges posed by the pandemic remain...
ISLANDERS, businesses and community groups have urged the Scottish Government and the quango responsible for the CalMac ferry fleet, CMAL, to “stop dithering” and acquire an environmentally-friendly catamaran which would be cheaper to buy and run than existing vessels. The Mull and Iona Ferry Committee (MIFC) have written to Islands Minister, Paul Wheelhouse, following publication of a report by Holyrood’s Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee into the fiasco that has left two boats incomplete. They say this has put further pressure onto an “already ageing, limited and in som...
The Pentland Ferries’ MV Alfred COMMUNITY groups, businesses and islanders have today called on the Scottish Government to "stop dithering" and buy an environmentally-friendly catamaran to curb congestion on the ferry route to and from Mull and Iona. The groups have uncovered a vessel on the market for around 10% of the £100m being paid for each of the partially completed dual-fuel ferries being built in Port Glasgow. The Craignure to Oban ferry route that serves Mull and Iona is said to be the most congested service in the entire CalMac network. But the Scottish Government-owned ...
2020 marked the implementation of the much anticipated global 0.5% m/m sulphur cap regulation, commonly referred to as IMO-2020. However, the potential consequences from the fallout of IMO-2020 were overshadowed by the impact of COVID-19. The pandemic also forced the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meetings planned to be held between March and July 2020 to be postponed and reconstructed on a virtual platform during the later part of this year, which effectively slowed down the pace of some key work done on the regulatory front. Even though the challenges posed by the pandemic remain...