Fasa, at its 39th annual general meeting last Friday, said that any requirements to establish a global system for the monitoring and reporting of fuel consumption for international shipping must be agreed upon at the IMO level as a way to secure internationally acceptable and harmonised system.
The meeting, however, could not support any proposals calling for the verification of data collected as this would place an unacceptable financial burden on shipowners.
The meeting further emphasised that its acceptance of a monitoring and reporting mechanism does not automatically imply its acceptance of it being used for the eventual development of any market-based measures, or the mandatory application of energy efficiency improvement measures or indexing for existing ships.
Meanwhile, Fasa noted there had been a general decline in the number of piracy and armed robbery attacks worldwide, but it remains deeply concerned that pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea have worsened and became more violent.
“I strongly urge the littoral states bordering the Gulf of Guinea, as well as those bordering the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, to put a stop to these criminal activities immediately as they pose a real danger to the safety of seafarers and ships navigating through these pirate infested waters,” said Nordin Mat Yusoff, chairman of Fasa.
“Fasa expects all these littoral states to increase naval and enforcement surveillance in these waters immediately to deter further pirate attacks,” he continued.
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