Threats from sulphur reduction

摘要

A new report, published by AMEC and available to download on-line, shows that the targets for shipping companies to reduce their sulphur emissions by 2015, could cause adverse environmental effects and result in a loss of 2,000 maritime services jobs, and place many more industrial jobs under threat. The report is the first of its kind to examine the full impact of hitting sulphur targets. The report, commissioned by the UK Chamber of Shipping (which represents 140 members with some 925 ships of about 30Mgt) on behalf of several North Sea and Western Channel shipping operators, provides evidence on the impact of reducing sulphur from ships' emissions before the current deadline of 2015.