Company: CMDB
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: 20FR12B/A
Source: 0001140361-25-015197
Chunk: 147

Company: Costamare Bulkers Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: 20FR12B/A
Chunk 147
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 in Guangxi Province to Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province). From January 1, 2020, vessels entering the inland emission control areas are required to use fuel with a maximum sulphur content of 0.10% m/m. The restriction has also been applied to inland and “river-sea” vessels entering inland emission control areas as of January 1, 2019. Vessels capable of receiving shore power must use shore power if they berth for more than three hours in 71 ports in the coastal ECA that have shore power capabilities (or more than two hours in ports with such capabilities in the inland ECAs). Furthermore, ships of 400 gross tonnage or over, or ships powered by main propulsion machinery greater than 750 kW of propulsion power, calling at a port in China must report energy consumption data of their last voyage to China MSA before leaving port (China Regulation on Data Collection for Energy Consumption of Ships). Hong Kong’s current Fuel at Berth Regulation requiring ships to burn fuel with a sulphur content not exceeding 0.5% m/m while at berth is expected to be replaced by a regulation extending the standard to ships operating in Hong Kong waters. Ships not equipped with scrubbers will be required to burn fuel with a sulphur content not exceeding 0.5% m/m within Hong Kong waters, irrespective of whether they are sailing or at berth. In Taiwan, ships not equipped with exhaust gas scrubbers must burn fuel with a sulphur content not exceeding 0.5% m/m when entering its international commercial port areas. In connection with the introduction of the ban of high sulphur fuel for vessels not equipped with exhaust gas scrubbers, countries are introducing rules as to the type of exhaust gas scrubber that may be acceptable to be operated on vessels, in effect prohibiting the operation in their waters of open loop-type exhaust gas scrubbers and forcing vessels to use the more expensive Diesel Oil fuel when sailing in their waters. Vessel Security Regulations A number of initiatives have been introduced in recent years intended to enhance vessel security. On November 25, 2002, the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (the “MTSA”) was signed into law. To implement certain portions of the MTSA, the U.S. Coast Guard issued regulations in July 2003 requiring the implementation of certain security requirements aboard vessels operating in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Similarly, in December 2002, amendments to SOLAS created a new chapter of the convention dealing specifically with maritime