Stricter ship-fuel sulfur limits on track, industry official says

A top shipping industry official says that tougher fuel sulfur limits for domestic ships mandated by an International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreement are on track to be introduced without delay next year and should not cause significant fuel price hikes, despite calls from some conservative groups in the United States to postpone the limits. John Butler, president and CEO of the World Shipping Council (WSC), told a March 19 conference of the American Association of Port Authorities in Washington, D.C.,...