Portsmouth North MP Penny Mordaunt and Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage both questioned transport minister Stephen Hammond in a recent debate on new anti-pollution shipping laws, The Portsmouth News reports.
There are fears the new regulations for low sulphur rules, due to come into effect on January 1 next year, will force ferry operators to push up prices and make job cuts.
Mr Hammond said he was disappointed shipping companies are saying they will not be able to change their fleets to more environmentally friendly ones in time.
He said the regulation was part of an international agreement, which the UK could not delay, and that the Chamber of Shipping had agreed in 2008 that it was a realistic timescale.
During the debate, Mr Hammond expressed his disappointment with this appeal to postpone the implementation of sulphur emission rules, pointing out that ECA rules are an international issue, which a single country is not in a position to delay, “It is not an action that has happened today, yesterday or even last year. It is something the shipping industry has had over six years to get its head around,” Mr Hammond said.
Source: Portsmouth News
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