THE International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has intervened at the International Maritime Organisation to amend a controversial proposal to ban the blending of oil cargoes on board ships. At the 59th session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC)

in London from July 13-17, there was strong support for a proposal that
would have prohibited any onboard in-tank blending while ships are ‘at
sea’. Such a ban would have had a potentially devastating effect on the
routine, legitimate operations of many bunker suppliers, but a timely
intervention by IBIA delegate and board member Trevor Harrison helped
swing the MEPC narrowly in favour of an alternative wording. Trevor
Harrison explains, “Following IBIA’s intervention, the proposal has
been changed to include the wording ‘during the sea voyage’, rather
than ‘at sea’. This means that, although blending whilst under way will
be outlawed, the long-established practice of blending whilst moored or
alongside a stationary receiving vessel will be allowed to continue.”
IBIA routinely monitors developments at IMO and, where appropriate,
submits papers to various IMO committees on matters of concern to the
bunkering industry. IBIA’s delegates also attend relevant IMO
committees and working groups, participating and intervening wherever
appropriate.

Source: Maritime Global Net

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