A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, adds to the growing calls for stricter regulations on the discharge from exhaust scrubbers.
A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, adds to the growing calls for stricter regulations on the discharge from exhaust scrubbers.
Scrubber Discharge Toxic to Marine Organisms, Worsens Water Quality: ICCT
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Thursday April 29, 2021 Groynes, Baltic Sea. File Image / Pixabay The amount and location of washwater discharged at sea from emissions abatement equipment scrubbers has been analysed in a new report. The publication, from the International Council on Clean Transport, uses pre-pandemic data on shipping movements to project where and by how much scrubber washwater deposits will be made. It assumes
3,600 ships use scrubbers (the figure at the end of 2020). The estimated discharge from ships with scrubbers installed is said to be
10 gigatonnes where around