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June 30th, 2012:

Finnish companies to develop oil desulphurization plant

http://www.risiinfo.com/pulpandpaper/news/European-Union.html?source=rssfw

Finnish companies to develop oil desulphurization plant at the Port of HaminaKotka following the EU’s directive on marine fuel sulphur content

HELSINKI , June 19, 2012 (Press Release) – European Union has proposed that from 1st January 2015 all ships in the Baltic Sea, North Sea and English Channel must shift from using a bunker oil of 1.0-1.5 % of sulphur into a more emission reducing bunker oil of below 0.1 % of sulphur. The directive is to be approved by the European Parliament during the summer or autumn 2012