Liberia flag issued revised notice for the vessel using low flashpoint fuel. This Notice provides guidance to vessel owners, operators and managers, and to recognized organizations (RO’s) on compliance with the requirements for ships using low-flashpoint fuel, the Administrations’ general procedures related to approval of the use of low-flashpoint fuel, and the latest developments from the IMO on shipboard-use of alternative fuels.
This Notice applies to:
a. Ships using low-flashpoint fuels that are required to comply with the requirements of the IGF Code as amended, namely:
.1 for which the building contract is placed on or after 1 January 2017; .2 in the absence of a building contract, the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 July 2017; or .3 the delivery of which is on or after 1 January 2021.
b. A ship, irrespective of the date of construction, which converts to using low-flashpoint fuels on or after 1 January 2017, or to a ship using low-flashpoint fuels, which, on or after 1 January 2017, undertakes to use low-flashpoint fuels different from those which it was originally approved to use before 1 January 2017.
c. Gas carriers, as defined in SOLAS regulation /11.2, that use cargo vapour or boil-off gas other than methane (LNG) as a low-flashpoint gaseous fuel.
This Notice does not apply to gas carriers, as defined in regulation /11.2, that use methane (LNG) cargo vapour or boil-off gas as fuel. The requirements for this are contained in Section 16 of the IGC Code. The application of the circulars referenced within this Marine Notice that provide interim guidance for the use of specific fuels will apply based on the circular’s issuance date. For example: /Circ.1679 is to be applied to LPG fuel LPG carriers: a. for which the building contract is placed on or after 1 July 2024; or b. in the absence of a building contract, the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 July 2024.
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