Shipowners are urging European port-state control (PSC) for more consistency in its approach to policing stricter Marpol Annex VI limits on the sulphur content of fuel scheduled to come into force from January.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has been heading an ongoing dialogue from owners with the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regional PSC authority to try to better understand exactly how the 0.1%