Where are the ECA areas?

ECAs are located along the coasts on a distance that can reach 200 nautic miles, or are defined on a particular geographical area. The current ECA are located in Northern Europe, along with the American coasts (including American Islands and Territories), and in the estuaries of the great Chinese rivers.

What are the sea areas that comprises the North American ECA NA ECA )?

The North America ECA covers waters adjacent to the Pacific coast, Atlantic/Gulf coast and eight Hawaiian Islands. It extends up to 200 miles from the coast of United States, Canada and the French territories.

What is Seca ECA and location?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Emission Control Areas (ECAs), or Sulfur Emission Control Areas (SECAs), are sea areas in which stricter controls were established to minimize airborne emissions from ships as defined by Annex VI of the 1997 MARPOL Protocol.

What is the max allowed sulphur content in an ECA area?

We have seen a substantial cut in the limit for sulphur content of fuel oil for ships operated outside designated emission control areas: from 3.50% m/m (mass by mass) to 0.50% m/m. There is an even stricter limit of 0.10% m/m in effect in emission control areas (ECAS) which have been established by IMO.

What are the limits of sulphur content in ECA and non ECA area?

What means Seca?

Self Employed Contributions Act (SECA)

Are IMO guidelines mandatory?

Recommendations, codes, and guidelines Recommendations can also be guidelines which are waiting to be accepted by the IMO. However, it is to note that though recommendations are not legally binding, some governments might apply them in whole or in part. Codes and guidelines can be both mandatory and non mandatory.

Where is IMO located?

London, United Kingdom
International Maritime Organization

Abbreviation	IMO, OMI
Formation	17 March 1948
Type	United Nations specialised agency
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom

What is allowed Sox limit inside ECA?

What are the Seca regulations for the Baltic Sea?

SECA Regulations. As of that date vessels operating within the two existing SECA’s, namely the Baltic Sea Area and North Sea including the English Channel, must produce no more than 1.0% Sulphur Oxide (SOx) by mass, a reduction from the previous limit of 1.5%.

What are the coordinates of the North American ECA?

3 The new appendix VII to MARPOL Annex VI contains the definition and boundaries with the full coordinates of the North American ECA, which is based on the “North American Datum of 1983/World Geodetic System 1984 (NAD83/WGS84)”.

Is the Baltic Sea part of the North Sea?

“The Baltic Sea area means the Baltic Sea proper with the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea bounded by the parallel of the Skaw in the Skagerrak at 57°44.8′ N” The North Sea area (regulation 14.3.1 of MARPOL Annex VI and regulation 1.14.6 of MARPOL Annex V):

How are ECA and ports regulated by IMO?

ECA : regulated by IMO (ECA : SOx< 0.1%) These areas and ports are regulated as ECA by IMO. All vessels should use low sulfur bunker in these areas and ports. 2. Local ECA : regulated by each country (SOx < 0.1%) These areas and ports are regulated as ECA by each country’s national law.

Where are the ECA areas? ECAs are located along the coasts on a distance that can reach 200 nautic miles, or are defined on a particular geographical area. The current ECA are located in Northern Europe, along with the American coasts (including American Islands and Territories), and in the estuaries of the great Chinese rivers.…