STAINES, 8th June 2021 – A recent independent ecotoxicity study undertaken in accordance with the IMO GESAMP guidelines gives open loop scrubbers the all-clear. The study indicated that both in a standard OECD port and in a highly trafficked seaway the operation of open loop scrubbers did not create an unwarranted risk. The study is […]
Florida waters are part of the North American Emission Control Area and as such MARPOL Annex VI regulation 14 & regulation 4 apply. While discharges from EGCS are allowed and there no specific restrictions contained within the 2013 VGP, 2 ports, Port Canaveral and Port Everglades have local regulations controlling discharges from scrubbers: Port Canaveral […]
Omani ports and waters are outside of IMO MARPOL Annex VI Emission Control Areas. Under Annex VI regulation 14 the maximum fuel sulphur limit of 0.50% applies from 1 January 2020. Regulation 4 also applies and approved EGCS can be used as an alternative means of compliance. However overboard discharges are prohibited as per Maritime […]
New Zealand has yet to ratify MARPOL Annex VI and incorporate its requirements into national law (click to view current status of ratifications by nation) However this announcement (updated 19 June 20) from the New Zealand Ministry of Transport confirms the following: The current sulphur limit of 3.5 percent by mass for marine fuels will […]
