Zero Emission is for the Elbe

摘要

Water-borne transport is approximately 10 times more efficient than land-borne transport, but typical maritime fuels contain much more pollutants. This is about to change soon. The magic word is ECA -Emission Control Area. The North Sea and Baltic Sea are the first such designated ECAs with much stricter emission limits starting from 2015 when sulphur content will be curbed from 1% to 0.1%. Marine diesel fuel must then have similar purity as the diesel fuel for our cars. Good for the residents, difficult for the ship operators.