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Written question asked by Karl Turner (Labour) on Thursday, 28 February 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 March 2019. It was answered by Nusrat Ghani (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 March 2019 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of internationally registered merchant vessels using sea routes from UK ports that use fuel that is compliant with the International Maritime Organisation’s 0.5 per cent cap on the sulphur content of shipping exhaust emissions to be introduced on 1 January 2020.

Answer

As the IMO 2020 requirements are not yet in force ships are not currently required to make use of compliant fuel and information on the use of 0.5% fuel is not being recorded. We would expect operators to begin moving into compliance in late 2019.

All ships which operate in ECA designated waters have been using 0.1 per cent sulphur fuel since 2015 or an equivalent means of compliance. Whilst in these waters, these ships would be meeting the requirements of the 0.5 per cent global cap.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
227088
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Exhaust emissions Fuels Shipping International Maritime Organization Sulphur
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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