The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020) issued a statement according to which it has received written approvals and no-objection letters from several Port Authorities around the world indicating they have no intention of banning the use of open-loop scrubbers in their waters.
Specifically, after meeting with port officials, CSA 2020 acknowledged that the ports do not intend to submit any papers to IMO pertaining to EGCS operation unless new, compelling research comes to light.
In the...
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