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MARITIME EMISSIONS • Maritime Fuel & IMO 2020

IMO 2020: More than Fuel Choice

Serge Dal Farra has held the position of global marketing manager at Total Lubmarine since 2011, having worked in a variety of sales and marketing roles at the company, and an af? liate, since 1990. Before joining Total, Serge spent several years at sea as an engineer and deck of? cer.

Serge is committed to industry-focused education initiatives, founding the Total Lubmarine Maritime Academy Support Program.

ith a year to go before importance of choosing the correct lu- further technological evolution. These challenges range from dealing the implementation of bricant, coupled with incorporating the At the same time, we are committed to with variable fuel quality and combus- the 2020 Sulfur Cap, few relevant supporting is also a vital consid- our customers and we are acutely aware tion to identifying optimum Base Num-

W topics will be higher on eration. of the operational challenges shipowners ber (BN) levels. the list of priorities for shipowners than As both a global lubricant supplier and face. The lubrication of engines requires With a little under 12 months until the complying with Annex VI of the IMO as a part of the wider Total Group, Total numerous and ? exible solutions. We 2020 Sulfur Cap comes into force, we

MARPOL Convention (2008). However, Lubmarine supports the implementation are committed to ensuring that there is are beginning to see more shipowners the reduction of sulfur content in marine of the 2020 Sulfur Cap. We are commit- industry understanding that developing making their choices, but there is still no fuel from 3.5% to 0.5% in time for the ted to providing sustainable alternatives lubricants, which are suitable post 2020, clear consensus over the best strategy to deadline means more than identifying and we strongly believe that the new is more complex than simply tweaking comply with the upcoming regulation. a strategically suitable fuel choice. The IMO regulations will be the driver for existing products. For many newbuilding projects, scrub- 48 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • JANUARY 2019

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