International Maritime Organization News
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Alfa Laval AB and Waertsilae Oyj, two Nordic makers of machines that remove sulfur from ship fumes, are poised to benefit as the owners of some 2,000 vessels race to comply with stricter rules for the Baltic Sea.
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Seventeen-year-old Aguna Xavier breaks down in tears when she talks about her dead older brother. He was shot in February after Italian marines protecting a commercial tanker allegedly mistook him for a pirate off the coast of India, where he fished to earn a living.
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Nordic papermakers accounting for a fifth of global output are fighting curbs on sulfur emissions from ships in the Baltic Sea that they say will make transport costs higher than for rivals in regions where limits are lower.
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The International Maritime Organization, the United Nations’ shipping agency, named Koji Sekimizu as its secretary-general.
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Liquefied natural gas will become the dominant fuel source for all merchant ships within 40 years as environmental pressures force owners to use cleaner burning fuel, the world’s fourth-largest vessel classifier said.
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The European Union will present in the coming months a proposal to curb emissions from ships in the absence of an international solution, a European Commission official said.
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The International Maritime Organization , a unit of the United Nations charged with controlling ship pollution, will propose new rules that would cut emissions from vessels at a meeting in Mexico.
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The European Union set stricter limits for sulfur in ship fuel, enacting International Maritime Organization agreements to fight air pollution.
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The International Maritime Organization, the United Nations’ shipping agency, will next year consider how to set a price on greenhouse-gas emissions from ships that contribute to climate change.
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The U.S. is deploying ships to monitor and potentially shoot down a rocket North Korea plans to fire as soon as next week, as Japan readied its military to destroy any possible debris.
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