SULFUR VIOLATION

摘要

THE NORWEGIAN Maritime Authority (NMA) has hit a Greek owned cruise ship that violated new sulfur emissions limits with a NOK 700,000 ($80,000) fine. The ship, the MS Magellan, is operated by Global Cruise Lines Ltd. The fine is the first imposed under new environmental requirements for emissions and discharges that came into effect March 1 and cover the world heritage fjords Naer∅yfjord, Aurlandsfjord, Geirangerfjord, Sunnylvsfjord and Tafjord. On April 16, the NMA received notes of concern about smoke emissions from the Bahamas-registered Magellan, which was berthed in Flam. These were followed up by an inspection on board when the ship arrived at Geiranger the next day. The NMA surveyors measured the sulfur content of the ship's fuel to be 0.17%. In the world heritage fjords, the maximum allowed sulfur content is 0.10%.