We are now about 11 months into the implementation of the 0.1% maximum sulphur cap for fuels used on ships while operating in the North American, Baltic, and North Sea Emission Control Areas (ECAs). There were a lot of predictions being made in...

Wärtsilä and DuPont subsidiary BELCO, two of the biggest Sox abatement solution manufacturers, have reported a number of scrubber orders from North Sea operators over the last few days.

A ship manager implicated in a 2011 case of low-sulphur non-compliance in California has been fined $283,500, according to insurers the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC).

Sulphur emissions have fallen 80% at the Port of Gothenburg since the introduction of the 0.1% sulphur limit in the North Sea Emission Control Area (ECA).