EU Council, Parliament Agree on Bill To Limit Sulfur Content in Shipping Fuel

摘要

Shipping in EU waters will have to conform to tighter International Maritime Organization (IMO) limits on sulfur in fuel under a legislative agreement between the European Union's legislative bodies, the Danish Presidency of the EU Council said May 23. Under the agreement, the sulfur content of marine fuels would be limited to 0.5 percent by 2020, compared to the current IMO standard of 3.5 percent, which has been in force since Jan. 1, 2012.