News / Unifeeder announces surcharge to pay for cost of forced switch to low-emission fuel

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Another indication of how much new ship emission regulations, set to come into force in Europe next year, could cost shippers was revealed after shortsea and feeder specialist Unifeeder announced that it will introduce a €65 per teu surcharge.

The sulphur emissions control area (Seca) will cover the Channel and North and Baltic Seas, where ships wil be banned from burning traditional heavy fuel oil (HFO), which has a 1% sulphur content, and forced to use fuels where sulphur content is ...