Panama Canal bans open loop scrubbers

Panama Canal announced that open loop scrubbers are banned from the area under the condition that the vessels are equipped with a type approved closed-loop exhaust gas cleaning system.

Top 14 yards retrofitting scrubbers are all Chinese

Latest data from Clarkson Research Services shows that the top 14 yards handling the most amount of scrubber retrofits are all Chinese, and reports of growing delays in getting the exhaust gas cleaning systems installed in funnels are correct.

China’s move on discharge from scrubbers may aid low sulfur fuel oil demand

China’s recent move to ban the discharge of wash water from open-loop scrubber systems from January 1, when...

Ship Owners Are Scrambling to Install Scrubbers

Ship owners accelerated installations of engine emissions cleaning systems this year ahead of stringent new rules ...

China possible to ban open-loop scrubbers

Speaking during a lunch that the Hong Kong Shipowners Association (HKSOA) organised, Dr. Xie Xie, director of the...

Maersk to invest in exhaust scrubbers ahead of 2020 fuel quality changes

A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), the world’s biggest container shipping group, will add devices to reduce...

Clarksons: A Quarter of Ships on Order to Be Fitted with Scrubbers

The time of the wait and see approach to the 2020 sulphur cap is over as owners and operators have realized...