
Pressure grows for Baltic wide ban on scrubber water discharges
The pressure for a Baltic wide ban on the discharge of wash water from ships’ exhaust gas cleaning systems, or scrubbers, is growing. And advocates of the Baltic ban have hopes that
The pressure for a Baltic wide ban on the discharge of wash water from ships’ exhaust gas cleaning systems, or scrubbers, is growing. And advocates of the Baltic ban have hopes that
Metals and other environmentally hazardous substances in ships’ scrubber discharge water are putting the marine environment at risk, according to a new study from researchers at Sweden’s prestigious Chalmers University of Technology.
Niels Rasmussen, chief shipping analyst at BIMCO has been crunching the numbers on the percentage of ships fitted with exhaust gas scrubbers, or exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) more formally. “Scrubbers were
Espoo, Finland, headquartered Valmet has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s Shimonoseki Shipyard covering delivery of hybrid scrubber systems and water treatment units for two ferries. The ferries have been ordered by
Helsinki, Finland, headquartered naval architecture and marine engineering specialist Foreship says a growing number of shipowners are reviewing their decisions on the best way to meet IMO 2020 sulfur emissions limits. The
U.K. based Rivertrace Limited has received a statement of compliance from DNV GL for its exhaust scrubber washwater monitor – SMART ESM. Any washwater used by wet scrubber systems to remove pollutants
Members of the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 are disappointed by Malaysia’s decision to prohibit the use of open-loop exhaust gas cleaning systems, or scrubbers, in its coastal waters. As we reported earlier,
A loss prevention note from mutual insurer Gard says that nearly 3,000 vessels will have exhaust gas scrubbers installed by 2020. For the majority of owners and crews, scrubber systems are new
As more owners specify closed-loop scrubbers, Ballerup, Denmark based LiqTech International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIQT), which manufactures and markets highly specialized filtration technologies, has won it’s largest single order to date for its
Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) has reported its results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the company’s net loss was