Great Lakes Seaway Review
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October-December 2009
Volume 38, Number 2

GREAT LAKES THROWN
INTO THE MIX
Shipping industry works for reasonable timeline in implementation of emissions standards

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.  READ MORE...

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