- Ban of open-loop scrubbers is a global debate that still continues and adds to uncertainty in the industry ahead of the implementation of the 2020 Sulfur cap.
- Open-loop scrubbers send water used to clean emissions back into the sea while closed-loop scrubbers retain the emissions for disposal at port.
- countries remain divided over open-loop scrubbers due to environmental concerns over the discharge of polluted washwater into the sea.
- As per CSA 2020, more than 20 ports indicated they had no...
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