 DG Environment, European Commission, has  be installed and commissioned to allow the ship combustion of fuel exceeding the prescribed levels of sulphur. In order to be fully compliant with Directive (EU) 2016/802, the scrubber must be actually used, so that it can continuously achieve SOx emissions reductions.”


COMMENT To conclude, any ship owners, managers and operators who have been operating on a false premise that commissioning a scrubber by the  compliance should review their position. Those vessel owners/operators who are planning to meet the MARPOL Annex VI requirements by opting for scrubbers should take heed if they have merely commissioned a scrubber system and know for certain that they will not be installed in time for 31 December 2019. If this is the case then those ships must ensure that they seek to either have the scrubbers installed by the set deadline or source LSFO in time for 1 January 2020.


Valentina Keys T: +44 (0) 20 7367 2173 E: valentina.keys@cms-cmno.com


ENFORCEMENT AND SANCTIONS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE THE IMO DOES NOT SET FINES OR SANCTIONS AS THESE ARE ESTABLISHED BY INDIVIDUAL PARTIES TO MARPOL AS FLAG AND PORT STATES.


27 | ADMISI - The Ghost In The Machine | January/February 2019


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