The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has clarified its position on the use of open-loop scrubbers whilst transiting the waterway to comply with the new IMO 2020 regulation, reports the Loadstar.
In effect, this means ships with scrubbers installed must switch off the exhaust gas cleaning systems during the 12-hour passage, thus releasing pollutants into the atmosphere.
No to exhaust gasIn a note issued on Sunday which followed confusion over the wording of SCA Circular No 8/2019, the SCA has said that “
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