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Ships Using Low-Flashpoint Fuels

Ships Using Low-Flashpoint Fuels

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This Notice applies to ships using low-flashpoint fuels:

.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. It also applies to a ship, irrespective of the date of construction, which converts to using lowflashpoint 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.

This Notice also applies to gas carriers, as defined in SOLAS regulation VII/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 VII/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.

https://www.liscr.com/getattachment/2F4F2278-5992-4161-B18F-186E01474C90/SAF-017.pdf
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