New Mediterranean Emissions Control Area (Med SOx ECA) 09.12.2023 13:47IMO agreed to establish in Mediterranean Sea a sulphur emission control area (SECA) from 1st January 2025.
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.
Emission Control Areas (ECA) are defined under MARPOL Annex VI as areas where the adoption of special mandatory measures to regulate emissions from ships is required to prevent, reduce and control air pollution from NOX and/or SOX and/or particulate matter (PM) and their attendant adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
The list of ECA is presented below:
IMO also plans to add 3 (three) more regions to the control areas:
