Analysis of heavy fuel oil use by ships operating in Canadian Arctic waters from 2010 to 2018

• Published in: FACETS
• Main Authors: Nicolien van Luijk, Jackie Dawson, Alison Cook
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2020
• Subjects: heavy fuel oil; canadian arctic; shipping; arctic communities; environment; climate change; Education; L; Science; Q; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Pond Inlet; Baffin; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2019-0067; https://doaj.org/article/ad9b96cdaf524fa39abb817cce0605ba

In 2018, The International Maritime Organization, officially proposed consideration of a ban on heavy fuel oil (HFO) use by ships in the Arctic, because of the widely accepted understanding that HFO presents a threat to the marine environment. There is currently a lack of understanding of the scale...