Danish Shipowners Association is working with the minister of environment Kirsten Brosbøl (S) for the EU to adopt a general requirement for stricter controls on ships’ fuel. The requirement cis connected with the sulfur directive, which will go into force very soon.
The Sulphur Directive could mean an additional expenditure of nearly 600,000 kroner for a single voyage. “So if the new requirements are not followed up with effective control, weak persons are tempted to proceed as before to the detriment of both the environment and the law-abiding companies. This must not happen. We must make sure that the ships are checked – both in Danish and international waters,” was said in a joint statement from Kirsten Brosbøl and Director of the Danish Shipowners Association Anne H. Steffensen.
The Ministry of Environment will provide contracts for surveillance of ships sailing through Danish waters. Checks will happen from bridges and from the air. But Danish unilateralism will do no good, so it is important for international cooperation among environmental authorities and shipping companies.
“We work for the EU to adopt a general requirement for stricter controls on ships’ fuel. The minister of environment has written to her counterparts around the Baltic and North Sea and urged them strongly to strengthen their monitoring and the Shipowners Association is working to ensure unity in the international shipping organizations,” it says in the opinion.
Several Danish companies are already active in an international association of shipping – Trident Alliance – which focuses on the negative consequences of non-compliance.
Source: Danish Shipowners Association / Maritime Denmark
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