Drones are 'sniffing' ship exhaust for illegal fuel in European waters

By Matthew Sparkes

The Camcopter S-100, manufactured by Schiebel

Schiebel

Drones are routinely being utilized for anti-pollution missions disconnected the seashore of Europe to “sniff” the exhaust fumes from ships and drawback operators utilizing amerciable fuel.

At the commencement of past year, the UN’s International Maritime Organization introduced caller authorities to trim the limit connected the percent of sulphur successful substance utilized by ships from 3.5 per cent to 0.5 per cent. Certain congested areas, specified arsenic the English Channel and the Strait of Gibraltar, person peculiar limits of 0.1 per cent. Sulphur oxide …

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