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Clean air: Expensive for shipowners
(Marine Log)
September 12, 2000
Poten & Partners is warning that MARPOL limits on sulfur in fuel will prove costly for shipowners.
In 1997, IMO adopted Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from ships (MARPOL73/78) that set a global cap of 4.5% sulfur content for bunker fuels with an on-going review for possibly lowering the cap. On March 20, 2000, an amendment to Annex VI was adopted by IMO'S Marine Environmental ...... Read more on Marine Log
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