With tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalating over the past two months, the security situation in Europe has deteriorated with many supply chain operators fearing what is to come.
Australian legislative requirements preventing pollution from discharge of garbage are outlined in Marine Notice 01/2022, dated 28 Jan 2022.
Intertanko haspreviously reported on the movement within the EU towards designating the whole of the Mediterranean area as a SOx Emission Control Area (SECA).
ADS Insight has provided a pre-copy of a recent submission to MEPC 78 by the EU and all countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, proposing that the Med Sea becomes a SECA on 1 January 2025.
The chart and the boundaries of the proposed Med SECA are as presented below.
Source: ADS Insight
We wish to share with M/T Proteus onboard team and the fleet positive feedback received by AMPOL on recent discharing operations at Cairns, Australia ooa 25/01/2022.