Carnival Corp. is pouring more than $180 million into new
technology to clean fuel exhaust on roughly a third of its fleet in an
effort to meet strict air pollution standards off North American coasts
that go into effect in 2015.
The Miami-based cruise ship company will announce the plan Thursday along with the Environmental Protection Agency, which along with the U.S. Coast Guard and Transport Canada is supporting Carnival’s efforts to develop and install dual filtration and scrubbing devices on 32 ships. The EPA will allow Carnival to use standard fuel at sea while it tests the equipment rather than forcing the company to burn cleaner but more expensive fuel on the ships included in the program.
Read More:http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/05/3606178/carnival-investing-180-million.html
The Miami-based cruise ship company will announce the plan Thursday along with the Environmental Protection Agency, which along with the U.S. Coast Guard and Transport Canada is supporting Carnival’s efforts to develop and install dual filtration and scrubbing devices on 32 ships. The EPA will allow Carnival to use standard fuel at sea while it tests the equipment rather than forcing the company to burn cleaner but more expensive fuel on the ships included in the program.
Read More:http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/05/3606178/carnival-investing-180-million.html
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