CANADA will support a ban on scrubbers in the course of lobbying for a ban on the use of heavy
fuel oil by ships plying Arctic waters when the UN's
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) meet in London, Transport
Canada officials announced.
To ban heavy fuel oil use in the
Arctic is to ban scrubber technology, which cleans the emissions from burning
heavy bunker fuel. Such a ban would boost rival LNG and blend technology.
Transport Canada officials
announced their commitment to ban a heavy fuel oil (HFO) during a stakeholder
engagement call ahead of the 7th Session of the IMO's Sub-Committee on
Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR7).
"The Government of Canada
will publicly announce its position on this issue early next week, once Canada
has declared its official position to the international membership of the IMO
at the Sub-Committee meeting," Transport Canada officials told Radio
Canada International.
This would make Canada the
seventh Arctic country to support the ban championed by environmentalist and
Eskimo, but faces opposition from shipping companies plying Arctic waters.
Source : HKSG / Map : Britannica.
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