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Sunday, June 12, 2011

New Regulation Could Hurt Cruise Industry

A new regulation requiring ships within 2-hundred miles of the U.S and Canada to switch to a lower emission fuel could cripple the cruise industry here in Saint John and in North America.

Chair of the Saint John Port Authority Stephen Campbell tells CHSJ News it's a major issue because lower emission fuel is much more expensive.

He say the cruise industry is hard at work trying to find some middle ground because competing ports won't have the same regulation.

The regulation will come into effect sometime in 2012.