Earlier this month the UK P&I Clubissued a bulletin in which it warned members that the agency recently issued subpoenasin connection with an investigation into potential violations of MARPOL AnnexVI and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS).

The protection-and-indemnity clubpointed out that vessels sailing within 200 nautical miles of theUS coast in zones known collectively as the North American emission controlarea (ECA) are required to burn bunkers with a sulphur content of no more than1%.

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