Curbing ship emissions seen needing global rules - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

Curbing ship emissions seen needing global rules
Fri Sep 7, 2007 10:45AM EDT

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's shipping industry
needs global regulations that are consistently enforced
by the United Nations if it is to cut emissions, the
chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping said
on Friday.

Public pressure is building for ship owners to curb air
pollution and take part in markets in permits to emit
sulfur and greenhouse gases.

Shipping accounts for about 10 percent of world sulfur
dioxide emissions, a cause of acid rain, and large
amounts of toxic nitrous oxide and particulates such
as soot.

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Some industry groups have called for a complete ban
on high sulfur marine fuels, in favor of running the
world's merchant fleet on cleaner-burning distillate
fuels.

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