WITH MORE STRINGENT air emission
standards on the horizon, the
shipping industry is looking for
ways to improve its performance while
keeping its fleet active. Research and preparation
for the recent U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation focused
on addressing air emission standards
on all U.S. coasts. However, the Great Lakes
region was added at the end of the process,
creating a stir throughout the system.
As presented, the regulation limits sulfur
emissions from ships within 200 nautical
miles of U.S. coasts, calling those
zones emission control areas (ECA). Because
of the size and configuration of the
system, it would essentially become an
ECA in its entirety, with bunker fuel not
allowed to be burned in Category 3 engines,
starting in 2012.
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