即时问题是2015年1月1日生效的新条例，要求在波罗的海和北海排放控制区域中运行的所有船只，只能烧坏低硫（0.1％）燃料或安装SOX减排技术。

Campaigners who lobbied for Denmark to make this money available – notably the country’s Ecocouncil NGO – believe several factors led to the decision, but a very important one was concerns held by progressive ship owners that they would face unfair competition from ship owners who ignored fuel rules unless proper enforcement took place.