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Environmental Health Risk of Shipping

With ocean oil pollution very much in the news there are now reports of confidential data from maritime industry insiders.  Based on engine size and the quality of fuel typically used by ships and cars the report shows that just 15 of the world’s biggest ships may now emit as much pollution as the entire world’s 760m cars. Low grade ship bunker fuel has up to 2,000 times the sulphur content of diesel fuel used in US and European automobiles