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Fri, 13 Jun, 2014 02:49:21 AM FTimes Report, June 13  File picture of Sulphur emission. Photo Lehtikuva. Stricter provisions on sulphur emissions from shipping will enter into
force at the beginning of 2015, according to a release of the Ministry of Transport and Communications issued on Thursday
Finland's Government on 12 June submitted a proposal on the implementation of new climate protection provisions approved by the International Maritime Organization and on amendments to legislation required by the European Union Sulphur Directive, said the release.
The objective of the new provisions is to improve air quality, especially in coastal areas and the state of the marine environment.
The sulphur limit for marine fuels will be cut to 0.1 per cent in SOx emission control areas in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and North America's sea areas at the start of 2015.
Ships can meet with the new provisions by using low-sulphur fuel, installing scrubbers or shifting to the use of alternative fuels, such as liquefied natural gas.
Emissions from shipping will be monitored by the Finnish Transport Safety Agency, Trafi, the Finnish Border Guard and the police.
International cooperation between the coastal states in the Baltic Sea area, the North Sea, and the English Channel will be highlighted in the monitoring.
A cost estimate by Trafi in 2013 found that the sulphur provisions will increase the costs of maritime transport to Finland by approximately 460 million euros each year, if ships only use low-sulphur fuel and by 120 million euros a year, if scrubbers are installed in ships.
The exact extent of the cost impact of these sulphur provisions will only be known after the provisions enter into force, at which point it will become clear what the price of low-sulphur fuel will be, according to the release.
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