This “ECAMED” will mandate from 1st January 2025 the use marine fuels at 0.1% sulphur content, instead of current levels of 0.5% (since the 1rst of January 2020), in the Mediterranean Sea.

All the focal points representing the Mediterranean states had reached an agreement in May 2021 on a draft submission to the IMO. This draft submission was then approved by the focal points of the Mediterranean Action Plan (stemming from the United Nations Environment Program) which met from September 10 to 17 this year.