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With air quality a particular concern for the authorities in Hong Kong, in 2012 the government introduced a fuel switching scheme encouraging owners to use low sulphur fuel on their vessels while berthed...

Members will be aware that if a bunker supplier provides fuel or documentation that does not comply with MARPOL Annex VI requirements or fails to follow the sampling procedures set out in IMO Resolution...

Marine bunker fuel quality is one of the aspects of global shipping that cannot be overemphasised. Bunkers of inferior quality can become not only a cause for additional working hours for engine room crews...

Translations:  Chinese  Vietnamese    The Chinese Ministry of Transport has recently announced the introduction of measures to reduce harmful emissions from shipping on the Chinese coast. Three emission...

The latest VPS bunker quality data for Oct 2022 – Mar 2023 is now accessible on Neptune.

The bunker quality data has been updated. Please visit Neptune for the latest figures spanning from April to September 2022. Please log in and go to the Bunker Info tab.

BIMCO-IBIA survey carried out in May 2022 suggests that an average bunker quality dispute costs US$ 54,000. Access to bunker quality statistics may help avoid such conflicts.

Members are reminded that in July 2011 the 62nd Session of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) adopted amendments to MARPOL Annex VI by Resolution MEPC. 202(62), establishing the United...

On 18 July 2025, the EU adopted the 18th sanctions package against Russia. These measures can be found in amended Regulation (EU) 833/2014 and Regulation (EU) 269/2014. The EU Commission has issued a...

Members are reminded that in March 2010 at the 60th Session of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC), IMO adopted Resolution MEPC. 190(60) which established a North American Emission Control...