Maritime compliance: SOLAS amendments and relevant codes update

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Fuel sampling
MSC 108, having noted that MEPC 81 further modified the guidelines prepared by MSC 107, approved MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.18 on Guidelines for the sampling of fuel oil for determination of compliance with MARPOL Annex VI and SOLAS chapter II-2.

The circular provides a single unified sampling method for both SOLAS (flashpoint) and MARPOL (sulphur contents) and increases the amount of sample from 400ml to 600ml, and revokes resolution MEPC.182(59) on 2009 Guidelines for the sampling of fuel oil for determination of compliance with the revised MARPOL Annex VI.