January 2020 Marine Notice 2020-1 issued by California Air Resources Board is an advisory to “Owners or Operators of Ocean-Going Vessels Visiting California Ports” with a “Reminder of Requirements for Complying with the California Ocean-Going Vessel Fuel Regulation” The Notice can be downloaded here or viewed at the following link together with other relevant Notices […]
Egypt has to date not ratified MARPOL Annex VI (click to view current status), however: SCA Circular No. 08/2019 states: “In consideration of using fuel oil with low Sulphur content in accordance with MARPOL Annex VI during transit from Suez Canal, ” you are kindly advised that Suez Canal Authority puts no conditions or restrictions […]
A study for the Japanese Government Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Toursim (MLIT) titled “Report by the expert board for the environmental impact assessment of discharge water from Scrubbers” was published June 2018 (click here to view) and presented to IMO February 2019. Slide 18 of the presentation, which can be viewed here summarises […]
A number of sensationalist and poorly researched mass media articles with grave factual errors have recently aimed at creating alarm about the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), claiming that they dangerously pollute sea water. The facts of the matter are quite different. Exhaust gas cleaning systems, also known as “scrubbers” are legal appliances […]
