Cruise-ship industry fights cleaner-fuel rule - Kansas City Star

Cruise-ship industry fights cleaner-fuel rule
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By RENEE SCHOOF WASHINGTON -- The heavy fuel that oceangoing vessels burn adds so much to air pollution hundreds of miles inland that the United States joined with Canada during President George W. Bush's administration to ask the International ...

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Salvage company plans to have capsized cruise ship upright by winter and towed ... - Greenfield Daily Reporter


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Salvage company plans to have capsized cruise ship upright by winter and towed ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter
The head of a US-owned marine salvage company chosen to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship from the waters off Tuscany is predicting the vessel will be ready for towing by early next year. Habib says the ship, now lying on its side on ...
Crews to rip apart cruise wreck Herald Sun
Salvage firm: Concordia wreckage gone by early '13 Live 5 News

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Cruise-ship industry fighting EPA's cleaner-fuel rule - The Idaho Statesman


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Cruise-ship industry fighting EPA's cleaner-fuel rule
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By Renee Schoof — McClatchy Newspapers The heavy fuel that oceangoing vessels burn adds so much to air pollution hundreds of miles inland that the United States joined with Canada during the George W. Bush administration to ask the International ...
Cruise-ship industry fights cleaner-fuel rule Montreal Gazette

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Cruise-ship industry fights cleaner-fuel rule - Canada.com

Cruise-ship industry fights cleaner-fuel rule
Canada.com
The cruise-ship industry, however, wants an emissions-averaging plan that would allow it to burn the same heavy fuel it always has used in some areas, and it's lobbying the US Congress for help. The industry's lobby group in Washington has gotten ...

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Cruise ships mandated by law, tradition to assist distressed boaters, experts say - Sun-Sentinel

Cruise ships mandated by law, tradition to assist distressed boaters, experts say
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The IMO regulates industry safety, security and pollution. The organization's International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea states: "A master of a ship at sea, which is in a position to be able to provide assistance on receiving a signal from ...

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New school catches problems before cruise ships set sail - Wink News

New school catches problems before cruise ships set sail
Wink News
But right here in South Florida, the US Coast Guard has started a new school to make sure they catch problems before cruise ships set sail. It's eight on a Thursday morning and passengers of the Royal Caribbean ship "Liberty of the Seas" are just now ...

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Preservation groups to gather in Charleston to study cruise ships' impacts - Charleston Post Courier

Preservation groups to gather in Charleston to study cruise ships' impacts
Charleston Post Courier
“All of us are patient. We have all the patience that issue needs because what we're doing is the right thing,” he said. “The overwhelming majority of the community is behind this.” Riley also noted that the city's cruise ship industry isn't seeing ...

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