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  Clean technology will cut owners’ fuel bills

  Cheaper to remove pollutants at sea than to buy low sulphur fuel, says expert
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  A third of ships are exempt from safety and pollution rules

  Smaller vessels escape regulation, Equasis data shows
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  Diminishing summer ice offers greater use of Arctic waters

  Experts suggest there could be ice-free summers in the Arctic as early as 2030
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  Shell scraps Odfjell terminal contract

  Details are sketchy but move follows safety probe at Rotterdam site
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  Shipowners must demand ballast water convention ratification

  Teething problems can be sorted when framework is active, says Sekimizu
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  MarAd scraps double-hull study

  Cooler heads thought to have prevailed in debate
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  Brussels dashes shipowners’ SOx hopes

  Parliament over-rules shipowners’ five-year campaign to soften emission rules
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  Scrapping market ‘teeters’ on the brink of collapse as ships await buyers

  Backlog of vessels awaiting demolition in Bangladesh
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  SMM 2012: Carbon War Room offers olive branch to shipping

  Lobby group seeks more collaborative approach to cutting emissions from existing fleets
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  Owner of sunken Thermopylae Sierra blames Sri Lankan government

  Greece’s Scarlet Shipping says authorities are ‘totally and ultimately responsible’ for sinking
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  Ambassadors press EU for global climate-change solution

  Brussels faces growing pressure over planned curbs on shipping CO2 levels
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  TSA adds low-sulphur fuel component to bunker charge

  Move follows August 1 implementation of the North American ECA
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  MarAd tender hints at OPA 90 rethink

  Double hull increase carbon footprint, regulator notes
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  EU bunker laws bring a breath of fresh air to European ports

  Study reveals that new restrictions deliver sharp drop in SO2 emissions
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  Ballast water systems gets a grilling

  Owners renew list of concerns over new and unproven technology sector

Market Data

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