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Rotterdam cuts sulphur emissions

Posted By Walter Schneider On March 15, 2007 @ 11:55 pm In Emission Incidents & Issues, Ultra-Low-Sulphur Diesel | No Comments

[1] http://www.portworld.com; 15 Mar 2007, 14:43 GMT

The public sector and several service companies operating vessels in the port of Rotterdam have expressed a joint intention to switch to low-sulphur fuel for their vessels within the foreseeable future.

The fuel involved is EN 590, which is used in trucks and has less than 10 parts per million (ppm) of sulphur, the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoR) announced today.

At the moment, 2,000 ppm is the legal upper limit for fuel used by inland shipping….([2] Full Story)

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[1] http://www.portworld.com: http://www.portworld.com/news/2007/03/67266
[2] Full Story: http://www.portworld.com/news/2007/03/67266

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