NORWAY PLANS HEAVY FUEL OIL BAN FOR SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO
November 2nd, 2020
THE NORWEGIAN government has announced plans to ban ships from using or carrying heavy fuel oil (HFO) around the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, over concerns a spill could devastate the region’s fragile environment. Norway’s minister for the climate and environment Sveinung Rotevatn added that a disaster could damage the remote island group’s growing tourism industry. “We must do everything we can to prevent the unthinkable,” he told Norway’s public broadcaster NRK. Heavy fuel oil was banned from waters covered by Svalbard’s seven national parks ...
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