March 8, 2013
A new report shows that the targets for shipping companies to reduce their sulphur emissions by 2015, as required by MARPOL Annex VI, 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, 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. The report shows the key impacts of hitting the 2015 sulphur reduction targets would be:
- much more freight moved by road, rather than sea – increasing carbon emissions and causing more road congestion
- up to 2,000 jobs put at risk in maritime engineering, navigation, catering, customer services, and other areas
- an increase of 2.8p per litre for the cost of road diesel
- significant increases (up to 29% in some cases) in the cost of passenger and container route ticket prices.
http://www.ukchamberofshipping.com/media/filer/2013/03/08/amec_uk_chamber_of_shipping_report_on_impact_of_2015_sulphur_targets.pdf
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