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Credit: William Doyle “

Commissioner Doyle and “FMC issued an order on July 19, 2017 granting Maersk Line‘s petition for a temporary exemption of service contract ? lings as a result of the so-called Petya virus. The cyber

Captain John Murray, CEO attack interrupted Maersk’s ability to determine which shippers to contact in order to ex- of Port Canaveral, tour the tend or renegotiate certain service contract rates.” port and discuss, among ing removed from this list because with the inclusion of a look-back provi- including LNG as a fuel, scrubbers or it is now wholly owned by CMA sion that would allow the IMO to delay low sulfur fuels. Natural gas as a ma- other things, the advent of

CGM S.A. and no state entity is a implementation of the 0.5% cap from rine fuel substantially exceeds the other

LNG as a fuel.

majority owner 2020 to 2025 pending a review on the options with respect to air quality mea- • United Arab Shipping Company availability of low sulfur fuel. A major sures.

Ltd. (formerly United Arab Ship- step was taken in October of 2016 with Lique? ed natural gas (LNG) emits ping Company (S.A.G.) is being the review ? nding no need to push back zero sulfur oxides (SOx). Moreover, removed from this list because it the original 2020 implementation date. using LNG as a fuel emits near-zero is now wholly owned by Hapag- Shipowners and operators worldwide particulate matter into the atmosphere.

Lloyd and no state entity is a ma- are making decisions based on IMO When compared to heavy marine fuel jority owner MARPOL’s sulfur cap regulations. oil, LNG emits 90% less nitrogen ox- • China’s Hainan P O Shipping Co., There are a limited number of options ides (NOx).

Ltd. is being removed from the list because it no longer operates in the

U.S.-foreign trades

China’s COSCO SHIPPING Lines

Co., Ltd. and Algeria’s CNAN Nord

SPA remain on the Controlled Carrier list.

Natural Gas as a Marine Fuel:

IMO Holds Fast

The International Maritime Organi- zation (IMO) met in London July 3-7.

A couple of countries moved to delay or alternatively utilize a “transitional period” for the enforcement of the Jan- uary 1, 2020 date for the global 0.5% sulfur content cap. The proposal was rejected by the IMO/ Marine Environ- mental Protection Committee (MEPC).

Thus, any suggestion that there may be any delay to the January 1, 2020 imple- mentation of the 0.5% sulfur limit was ruled out.

To summarize, in 2008, IMO MAR-

POL Annex VI regulations were ac- cepted lowering the global sulfur cap from 4.5% to 3.5% by 2012 and then again to 0.5% on January 1, 2020. The 2020 date was conditionally approved www.marinelink.com 27

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