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Cruise Ships in Hobart Facing 0.1% Sulfur Cap
Cruise ships berthed in the Tasmanian port city of Hobart may have to keep to a low sulfur limit on fuel oil if the city council gets its way.
The council has called on Australia's federal government to set a 0.1% sulfur cap for cruise ships in the port, the same limit that is already in force in Sydney, local news provider the Mercury reports.
Cruise ship emissions in Hobart have been under scrutiny for some time.
City councillor Helen Burnet said the change needed to happen fast.
“This year we are having a doubling of cruise ships in our port,” Burnet was reported as saying.
A campaign by Sydney residents against cruise ship emissions was taken up in a regional election campaign leading to the 0.1% cap.
The White Bay Terminal in Sydney was built in 2013 without onshore power facilities. Residents complained that emissions and noise from cruise ships, which keep running when docked, were affecting their quality of life.
