HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 13/15

EARLY MEASURES TO REDUCE SULPHUR IN MARINE FUEL OILS IN
THE BALTIC SEA AREA

     
     
Adopted 4 February 1992
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

NOTING HELCOM Recommendation 11/12 on reduction of air pollution from ships,

NOTING ALSO the HELCOM submission to MEPC 29 on prevention of air pollution from ships, including fuel oil qualities,

BEING AWARE that sulphur in marine fuels will result in emissions of sulphur oxides in exhausts from diesel engines, which are direct proportional to the sulphur content in the fuel oil,

BEING ALSO AWARE that emissions of sulphur oxides from ships are a serious threat to nature, cultural heritage and the population in the countries bordering the Baltic Sea,