Danish authorities have caught five ships in violation of the new sulfur rules for vessels in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea which took effect this year, according to records from The Danish Environment Protection Agency to which ShippingWatch has gained access.
The five vessels, sailing under Cypriot, Norwegian, Dutch, and Greek flags, respectively, gave fuel samples in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, showing the sulfur contents of the bunker fuel to be in excess of the allowed level of 0.1% sulfur (SOx), the upper limit in the ECA zones.
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