News / MSC vessel found to be breaking IMO ban on carrying heavy fuel oil

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MSC has become the first major ocean carrier to fall foul of the IMO’s ban on carrying non-compliant fuel.

The 9,784 teu post-panamax MSC Joanna has been prohibited from operating in UAE waters for one year and its master banned indefinitely and facing legal action from the country’s Federal Transport Authority (FTA) after allegedly failing to comply with an order to debunker 700 tons of heavy fuel oil (HFO) before entering the Dubai port of Jebel Ali.

Following the IMO’s 2020 0.5% ...