Horizon Lines.

AuthorSlaten, Russ
PositionINSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS

Horizon Lines, Inc. has received a permit providing a conditional waiver from the North American Emissions Control Area fuel sulfur content requirements of MARPOL Annex VI regulation 14.4. The permit is in force while Horizon pursues installation of Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (EGCS) on each of its three D7-class vessels which operate in the Alaska trade. The permit was issued by the US Coast Guard and the US Environmental Protection Agency and became effective this year and will allow these Horizon vessels to use low-sulfur heavy fuel oil in their main engines while operating between Washington state and Alaska, subject to compliance with other terms and restrictions of the permit.

Further, Horizon has entered into a supply agreement with Alfa Laval Aalborg Nijmegen BV for design and...

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