Fuels and fuel quality in 2020: Insights from CMA Shipping
LNG and other low sulphur fuel alternatives are getting much attention, but while they may have grow… 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.
LNG and other low sulphur fuel alternatives are getting much attention, but while they may have grow… Read more…
The financial case for using scrubbers to comply with the global sulphur cap seems compelling, but s… Read more…
Seventy years to the day since the treaty establishing the United Nations International Maritime Org… Read more…
The mandatory fuel consumption data collection system for international shipping, adopted by the Int… Read more…
The International Maritime Organization has agreed to update the 2015 Guidelines for exhaust gas cle… Read more…
A plea by some countries to have a transition period after 1 January 2020 before the 0.50% sulphur l… Read more…
The proposed change to MARPOL Annex VI to make it an offence to carry bunkers above 0.50% sulphur do… Read more…
The International Maritime Organization has agreed to update the 2015 Guidelines for exhaust gas cle… Read more…
Agreeing on the details could be challenging as IMO works on dealing with potential non-availability… Read more…
Two papers submitted by IBIA will be taken into consideration as the International Maritime Organiza… Read more…