Image: Shutterstock/Aleksey Stemmer By Gavin van Marle - Shipping lines that have invested in scrubber technology to comply with the IMO 2020 low-sulphur regulations may be forced to reconsider the wisdom of their investment, as fuel producers appear to be looking for ways to push prices up. Since the introduction of the legislation this year, the price differential … [Read more...]
Coronavirus Seen Slowing Scrubber Installs in China
File Photo: Wartsila Oyj TOKYO/SINGAPORE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Shipping companies may face delivery delays of vessels fitted with exhaust gas filtering equipment that complies with anti-pollution rules that kicked in this year due to the impact from the virus outbreak in China, shipping sources said on Friday. A Mitsui OSK Lines executive said many … [Read more...]
Scrubber Queue Grows Ahead of IMO 2020
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) - Another containership fitted with an exhaust gas cleaning system (scrubber) is added to the global fleet every 10 hours, according to Alphaliner data. However, the race to get scrubbers retrofitted on ships ahead of IMO 2020 regulations on 1 January has resulted in a significant extension of the budgeted downtime for many vessels. Some … [Read more...]
Malaysia Bans Open-Loop Scrubbers
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Malaysia has prohibited the use of open-loop scrubbers by ships plying Malaysian waters, as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy joins the growing number of nations adopting new industry guidelines on reducing sea pollution. New regulations from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will require shippers to adopt more … [Read more...]
Gard Highlights ‘Teething Problems’ Associated with Exhaust Gas Scrubbers
Ship owners and operators who have opted to retrofit their vessels with Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems, aka scrubbers, to comply with the upcoming IMO 2020 low sulphur fuel rules should be aware of hazards associated with the use of the systems in order to decrease the number of incidents in the future, Norwegian marine insurer Gard says. In a recent article posted to its … [Read more...]