Monday, January 18, 2010

Low sulphur fuel in European ports

EU accepts 8 month transition period

Hamburg, 29 December 2009 - With reference to the EU Directive 2005/33/EC effective on January 1st, 2010, whereby ships at berth in European Union community ports shall use only marine fuels with maximum 0.1% sulphur content, the European Commission accepted a 'Commission Recommendation' to grant an eight-month transitional period to ships which have not made the necessary technical modifications to facilitate consumption of such fuels yet.

For more details pls see below weblink;

http://www.gl-group.com/presse/news_14935.php

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