Ben Ames has spent 30 years as a journalist since starting out as a reporter for daily newspapers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He has focused on business and technology reporting since 1999 for ...

To assist shipping companies prepare for implementation of the UN IMO global sulphur cap for ships’ fuel oil, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has produced – free of charge – some ...

Maersk Line said it will introduce a new Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF) surcharge designed to recover costs of compliance with the global 0.5 percent sulphur cap set to enter into force on January 1, ...

Wolfe Research is out with analysis on the impact in the cruise line sector of the global fuel emission standards due to go into effect in 2020. The firm says cruise line operators Royal Caribbean ...

Donald Marron points to a pair of stories in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal reporting on the collapse of the cap and trade regime for sulfur dioxide. The story is a little complicated, but ...

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Export freight rates for GCC producers could increase by as much as 10 per cent due to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO’s) sulphur cap on fuel content, the Secretary-General, Gulf ...

LAUNCESTON, Australia (Reuters) - South Korea's imposition of a strict sulphur cap on its imported coal is likely to cause ripples across Asia's markets for the polluting fuel, both in the short and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Nigeria will cut the level of sulphur allowed in imported fuels this year, according to oil trading sources, but the cap is still 10 times above what health campaigners urge. In oil ...

THE shipping industry has encountered rough seas over the past decade. Between 1985 and 2007 trade volumes shot up at around twice the rate of global GDP but since 2012 their rate of growth has barely ...