From 1 January 2015, in the Emission Control Areas, the sulphur content limits of fuel oil will be regulated to not more than 0.10% m/m in accordance with Regulation 14 of MARPOL Annex VI.

Regarding this matter, Paris MoU has issued the attached Guidelines, the contents of which are the requirements of onboard procedures and evidential documents, check points during Port State Control, and the procedures of notification to the port authority when compliant fuel oil is not available.

This Guidelines are also available on Paris MoU website.
(https://www.parismou.org/sites/default/files/Guidelines%20on%20fuel%20availability.pdf)

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Safety Management System Department, Administration Center, Head Office
Address: 4-7 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8567, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2173
Fax: +81-3-5226-2174
E-mail: smd@classnk.or.jp