Israel announces lower in-port fuel sulphur limits - SAFETY4SEA - Safety4Sea

Vessels calling astatine ports successful Israel volition request to usage marine fuels with a 0.10% maximum sulphur contented nether caller regulations taking effect successful 23 February 2023.

As the North Club informs, though the Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides and particulate substance was precocious adopted astatine MEPC 79, it volition not instrumentality effect until 2025.

In specified an Emission Control Area , the bounds for sulphur successful substance lipid utilized connected committee ships is 0.10% wide by wide (m/m), portion extracurricular these areas the bounds is 0.50% m/m.

For this reason, Israel, successful enacting the caller regulations, volition enactment successful spot measures akin to the EU directive for ships astatine berth.

Accordingly, the bounds for sulphur successful substance lipid utilized connected committee ships whilst successful each Israeli ports and/or designated anchorage areas should beryllium not much than 0.10% wide by wide (m/m).