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Every year IMO brings numerous updates to the way we run our ships.
And every year, ship owners, ship managers, seafarers, and everyone else have to scramble to catch up with these updates.
One such area that has seen many updates from IMO is the “air pollution“.
Since 2005, IMO has been working on to gradually reduce the SOx emission from the ships.
It was desired to eventually come down to permitting the fuel with maximum sulphur content of 0.5%.
Come 01st January 2020, the long wait will finally be over.
But many see this as a challenge to comply with this change.
And many shipowners expect that the IMO would shift 01st Jan 2020 deadline to a date beyond that.
However, IMO has clarified that there would not be any extension to this deadline. So the 01st Jan 2020 deadline to comply with new SOx requirements w...
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About Capt Rajeev Jassal
Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.
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