IMO Assembly adopts vision, revised mission and strategic directions

The IMO Assembly has adopted the new Strategic Plan for the six-year period 2018-2023 developed by t… Read more…

Iceland ratification of Annex VI boost to global enforcement ability

Iceland’s ratification of MARPOL Annex VI has increased the total number of contracting States to … Read more…

IBIA clarification regarding 2020 sulphur limit compliance and EGCS investments

In the past week there have been a number of misleading headlines and articles incorrectly attributi… Read more…

Proposal to ban carriage of high sulphur fuel ships without scrubbers to be discussed at IMO

From 2020, a ship will have no legitimate reason to bunker fuel with more than 0.50% sulphur unless … Read more…

ISO may produce intermediate ISO 8217 specifications prior to 2020

There’s not enough time to produce a new fully revised ISO 8217 standard before 2020, but it is po… Read more…

IMO meeting discusses implementation: IBIA report from III 4

IBIA attended the 4th session of the Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III 4) to … Read more…

2020 debate at IBIA’s LISW event: Compliance & enforcement – it’s complicated

There is no doubt about the start date for the 0.50% marine fuel sulphur limit in MARPOL Annex VI, b… Read more…

2020 fuel quality and management debated at IBIA’s LISW event

Every refinery could be making product blends with different characteristics to meet the 0.50% sulph… Read more…

Scrubber uptake by 2020 may be less than expected, IMO study author tells IBIA forum

The base case figure for projected uptake of exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), or scrubbers, in t… Read more…

2020 debate at LISW: Don’t underestimate low sulphur fuel supply challenge

Providing the global shipping industry with compliant fuels in 2020 is a challenge that should not b… Read more…