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Royal Caribbean Given Exemption on ECAs to Install Scrubbers
Tuesday December 30, 2014
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) [NYSE, OSE: RCL] has officially been given a temporary exemption on Emission Control Area (ECA) sulfur limits by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) while the cruise line outfits a fleet of its ships with scrubbers, the EPA announced.
Under the rules set out by the exemption agreement, Royal Caribbean will expand its scrubber-installed fleet to 19 throughout 2015, which will include a range of vessel sizes.
Beginning next year, ECA requirements will limit sulfur content in marine fuel to 0.10 percent by weight.
The company announced earlier that it would be installing scrubbers on 13 of its cruise ships due to the limited availability of low-sulfur fuel.
