SCA Bans Scrubber Wash Water Discharge

Capt. John
  • Recent guidance issued by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) shows the complexity of the maritime industry’s challenges implementing the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2020 low-sulfur fuel rules.
  • The SCA released initial guidance highlighting that until Egypt ratified MARPOL Annex VI, the SCA would not put conditions or restrictions on fuel oil or scrubbers, except, as the SCA later clarified, prohibiting open-loop scrubbers from discharging wash water in the Canal. The result is a...

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