Heavy fuel oil ban coming July 1, Inuit Nunangat communities still vulnerable to marine spills

Alarmingly, Canada’s largest Arctic bulk shipping carrier's yearly report shows a nearly 60 per cent increase in heavy fuel oil use from 2022 to 2023. This is the opposite trend required to clean up Arctic shipping.

Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez is responsible for the ban on heavy fuel oil for marine ships, but Andrew Dumbrille argues that the ban still has loopholes negotiated at the International Maritime Organization.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW DUMBRILLE

June 5, 2024

It’s unlikely that there will be much fanfare when the ban on heavy fuel oil for marine ships in Inuit Nunangat—with the exception of Nunatsiavut and parts of Nunavik—

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