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Tanker owners join call for ship switch to diesel

Posted By Walter Schneider On April 5, 2007 @ 8:55 am In Emission Incidents & Issues, Ultra-Low-Sulphur Diesel, Sulphur-Dioxide | No Comments

Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan

SINGAPORE: Oil tanker owners are urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to lay out a plan by next year for switching all ship engines to use diesel instead of dirty but cheap fuel oil, an industry group said on Wednesday.

As governments worldwide attempt to curb pollution by putting limits on sulphur, the shipping industry which contributes up to 7 percent of airborne sulphur emissions faces a potentially confusing array of disparate national regulations….([1] Full Story)

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