Suplphur Regulation – technology solutions and economic consequences for the Baltic Sea Region shipping market

The aim of this publication is to give an accurate overview of the shipping market, especially in the Baltic Sea Region, which we judge to be most seriously affected by the Sulphur Regulation. The overview consists of a technical part in which the most popular and most probable solutions that shipping owners will undertake and invest in are presented. The second part concerns the economic consequences of specific, chosen technologies with special attention given to the cost analysis of them and the potential impact on the transportation market, which will affect freight rates and tariffs directly in the shipping industry and indirectly in the rail and road transport sector.

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