New programmes to help ship owners meet fuel and emission controls

Videotel has produced two new programmes designed to help ship owners meet progressively tighter fuel and emission controls including a limit that came into effect from 1 January 2015. Ship owners and ship managers need to be aware that the MARPOL Annex VI limits applicable in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) for sulphur oxides (SOx) and particulate matter, having already been reduced to 1.00% in 2010, are being further reduced to just 0.10%, effective from 1 January 2015.