Facts and fears in the open loop scrubber debate
Scrubbers are a recognised solution to dealing with air pollution under MARPOL Annex VI but recent l… Read more…
IBIA achieved NGO consultative status with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2005. This gives IBIA the right to attend IMO meetings to represent our industry’s interests and provide relevant expertise to IMO’s work and deliberations.
We continuously scrutinise IMO proceedings on all matters affecting our members to ensure that the interests of the bunker industry are heard. IBIA is active at the IMO through written submissions, interventions from the floor and participation in working groups during IMO meetings. We also take part in IMO Correspondence Groups to progress work on agenda items between meetings.
IBIA keeps an eye on a broad range of IMO issues and attends several meetings every year. The Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) and the Maritime Safety Committee are the main meetings that deal with subjects of relevance to the bunkering industry. We also attend a number of IMO sub-committee meetings, in particular PPR (Pollution Prevention and Response), to monitor and provide input to developments of relevance to IBIA members.
Scrubbers are a recognised solution to dealing with air pollution under MARPOL Annex VI but recent l… Read more…
IBIA would like to remind the industry that new regulatory requirements under MARPOL Annex VI, regar… Read more…
IBIA welcomes a decision by the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee to add a new item to its agenda to… Read more…
Did you know that states that are parties to MARPOL Annex VI are supposed to inform the Internationa… Read more…
The industry is anxious about ships potentially being penalised if, despite their best efforts, ship… Read more…
Renewed doubts about the implementation of the 2020 sulphur limit, sown by media reports ahead of th… Read more…
Guidance on ship implementation planning approved by the IMO last week will assist ship owners in pr… Read more…
The 73rd session of The Marine Environment Protection Committee last week approved a draft MEPC cir… Read more…
The 73rd session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee has dealt with a huge amoun… Read more…
The adoption of a ban on the carriage of bunkers above 0.50% sulphur looks set to go ahead despite a… Read more…