Based on European legislation dealing with reduction of emissions, especially where inland shipping exhaust gas emissions are concerned a reduction of gas oil sulphur level to a maximum of 10 ppm as per 1st of January 2011 will be introduced in inland navigation. IVR investigated the impact of this legislation from a practical point of view which led to the publication of an „IVR-Report on the impact on implementation of low sulphur fuel in seagoing vessels per 1-1-2010 and inland navigation per 01-01-2011 from a practice viewpoint".

>> IVR-Report on the impact on implementation of low sulphur fuel in seagoing and inland navigation vessels  (full English version)

In order to avoid problems and damages when changing to the low sulphur fuel we developed a leaflet providing information on this issue and recommendations to the barge owner.
The leaflet which is published in four languages.

>> leaflet recommandations: Low sulphur fuel in inland navigation

>> for more languages : www.ivr.nl