With reference to the EU Directive 2005/33/EC effective on January 1st, 2010, whereby ships at berth in European Union community ports shall use only marine fuels with maximum 0.1% sulphur content, the European Commission accepted a 'Commission Recommendation' to grant an eight-month transitional period to ships which have not made the necessary technical modifications to facilitate consumption of such fuels yet. The transitional period is subject to the following conditions:
1. As part of...
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