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Global Sulphur Cap 2020
2018 Volume 53 Issue 1 Pages 48-55
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2018 Volume 53 Issue 1 Pages 48-55
This paper is the abstract of “Global Sulphur Cap 2020” made by DNV GL SOx group in Hamburg and Oslo.
The global 0.5% sulphur cap will be introduced in 2020, and up to 70,000 ships may be affected by the regulation according to IMO estimates. Stricter limits on sulphur (SOx) emission are already in place in Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in Europe and the Americas, and new control areas are being established in ports in China. As a result of the increased international attention to air pollution, a growing number of shipowners are beginning to weigh their options to ensure compliance. They face a choice of switching from heavy fuel oil (HFO) to marine gas oil (MGO), burning ultra-low Sulphur HFO/hybrid fuel, retrofitting vessels to use alternative fuels such as LNG or installing scrubber systems which allow them to continue operating on regular HFO.
