Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR), 5th session, 5-9 February 2018
(World News Brazil)

Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR), 5th session, 5-9 February 2018 Implementing the 2020 sulphur limit - ban on carriage of non-compliant high sulphur fuel oil agreed IMO has agreed to move forward with a prohibition on the carriage of fuel oil for use on board ships, when that fuel oil is not compliant with a new low sulphur limit which comes into force from 2020. The aim of the new limit is to reduce sulphur oxide (SOx) emissions from ships to improve air quality and protect the environment. The 0.50% limit on sulphur in fuel oil on board ships (outside designated emission control areas or ECAs, where the limit is 0.10%) will come into effect on 1 January 2020. To...