Following the one-year ban of the MSC Joanna from UAE waters for breaching the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) rules on high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO), MSC has explained that shipyard backlogs resulting from the coronavirus outbreak have delayed scrubber installations.
The UAE’s Federal Transport Authority stated that the ship, which has a capacity of 9,784 teu, was carrying 700 tonnes of HSFO when it called at Jebel Ali port earlier in March.
In a statement, the carrier pointed out that it has and continues to make significant investments in the fleet with the installation of IMO-approved exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS).
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