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FUEL COSTS * USA - Bracing for Higher One, Again
More stringent pollution regulations for ships could take a toll on trucks
Newark,NJ,USA -The Journal of Commerce Magazine, by John Gallagher -Mar 30, 2009: -- ... Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are reviewing legislation calling for tougher pollution standards on cargo and container ships that would require ocean vessels to tap the distillate fuel supply already used by the trucking industry for low-sulfur diesel... James Cannon, an alternative fuels expert and president of Energy Futures, said “Demand is very high, and supply is low in the distillate fuel market, and we’re now talking about an entire new industry coming in that’s already bigger globally than the airline industry. Of course, (the trucking industry) has reason to be concerned.”... In 2006, motor carriers began a transition to ultra-low sulfur diesel that cut sulfur emissions by 97 percent from 500 parts per million to 15 ppm. The switch was necessary to support new emissions control equipment upgrades on diesel trucks in 2007 and again next year... The container lines that feed the domestic trucking industry know that the switch to cleaner-burning fuel is inevitable, but their emissions standards so far have been virtually unregulated. Under current International Maritime Organization regulations, bunker fuel is capped at 4.5 percent sulfur content. By contrast, diesel fuel for land-based carriers in the United States, western Europe and other countries has a sulfur content of 0.1 percent to 0.15 percent... (Photo from environmentallaw.files.wordpress.com: Large ships are major sources of air pollution along the Southern California coast)
* EPA Plans Clean-Air Zones - Ships to burn cleaner fuels within 230 miles of coasts
Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by Joseph Bonney -Mar 30, 2009: -- The Environmental Protection Agency on March 30 proposed creation of an emissions control area that would require ships to burn cleaner fuels within 230 miles (200 nautical miles) of U.S. coasts... EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, speaking Monday at Port Newark, N.J., said the proposal was submitted Friday to the International Maritime Organization...
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