IMO 2020 Compliance

[Guillaume Albasini + 851]

Singapore’s MPA (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore) has issued a statement saying in the first quarter of 2020, most ships calling at the Port of Singapore have complied with the IMO 2020 sulphur regulations. Based on pre-arrival notification submitted to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) from January to March 2020, about 96% of the ships that arrived in the Port of Singapore used compliant fuel. This excludes ships installed with open-loop scrubbers that switch to using compliant fuel upon arriving in the Port of Singapore.

https://shipinsight.com/articles/singapore-report-high-compliance-with-2020-but-detains-two-ships

 

However the level of compliance will be harder to check in the coming months. The covid-19 pandemic is driving some countries to a temporary suspension of the compliance checks. UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency suspended port state control inspections, this also means that the checking of compliant fuel has been suspended.’

https://shipandbunker.com/news/world/836475-lawyers-see-coronavirus-obscuring-imo-2020-compliance-picture