Feature: Ship fuel – time for ship owners and refiners to decide

The revised MARPOL Annex VI regime governing ship atmospheric pollution has been with us for two years now. Over that time the maritime and oil refining industries have had a chance to weigh up its robust requirements. Although compliance with the regime’s ultimate regulation will not be required for the best part of a decade, possibly longer, several of the provisions have already started to bite. Some pre-emptive regional requirements, which also impose controls on ship emissions – such as those in California and the European Union – have added immediacy to the debate.
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Source: Baird Maritime