Chamber says low sulfur fuel availability study urgently needed

Industry Organizations

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is calling on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to accelerate study into the global availability of low sulfur fuel for ships, saying international requirements for ships to switch to such fuel "will have billion dollar implications." The ICS says it has been "expressing concern for some time about whether sufficient fuel will be available to allow ships to comply with strict IMO regulations aimed at reducing sulfur emis...

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