Exhaust Gas Cleaning System

BIMCO: VLSFO premium of $200/tonne increases scrubber advantage

Niels Rasmussen, chief shipping analyst at BIMCO, says that the current $200 per tonne price spread between very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) and high-sulfur fuel oil (HSFO) is increasing the advantage of ships fitted with exhaust gas scrubbers.

The price gap between VLSFO and HFSO has widened following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, although the price of HSFO could rise should the volumes of Russian HSFO coming into the market start declining due to sanctions.

The entry into force of the IMO 2020 f...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/shipping/bimco-vlsfo-premium-of-200-tonne-increases-scrubber-advantage/

Wärtsilä scrubbers to be installed in two RoPax newbuilds

Under a contract signed last month with China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI), two newbuild 218 meter roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) will be fitted with Wärtsilä exhaust gas cleaning systems..

The contract will see Wärtsilä fit and commission two 25-megawatt V-SOx hybrid scrubber systems, which can run in both open and closed loop configurations, on each vessel.

With the exhaust gas abatement technology installed, the RoPax vessels will immediately comply with the 0.5% global sulfur...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/wartsila-scrubbers-to-be-installed-in-two-ropax-newbuilds/

Study on CO2 Footprint To Help IMO Address Ship Emissions

  • The CO2-emissions associated using an Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (EGCS, or scrubber) vary between 1.5% and 3% for a number of representative ships.
  • The emissions caused by producing low-sulphur fuels for these ships are higher, depending on the quality of the low-sulphur fuel, the refinery and the crude oil slate.
  • This is the main conclusion from the new study ‘Comparison of CO2 emissions of MARPOL Annex VI compliance options in 2020’ issued by CE Delft.

Scrubbers have a lower climate impact...

https://mfame.guru/study-on-co2-footprint-to-help-imo-address-ship-emissions/

End of Grace Period! Major Ports Rigorously Enforce IMO Rule! Warns ICS

  • Ships to face detention from 1st March as PSC begins to enforce IMO rule.
  • To carry high sulphur fuel, ships need to be fitted with Exhaust Gas Cleaning System.
  • Ships without scrubbers carrying non-compliant fuel aboard is enough to prove a violation.
  • Major port state regimes have made it plain that they will rigorously enforce the requirements.

Shipowners and operators could face detention of ships, as Port State Control authorities will begin to enforce IMO rule from 1st March, reads a press...

https://mfame.guru/end-of-grace-period-major-ports-rigorously-enforce-imo-rule-warns-ics/

Is European Commission Pushing Forward Restrictions on Scrubbers?


  • CSA 2020 raised concerns over the proposal the EC submitted to IMO on changing its
  • scrubber guidelines.
  • Proposal was for “evaluation and harmonization” of scrubber discharges across all ports, world-wide.
  • Scrubbers are accepted globally by the IMO, EU and others as an accepted means of improving air emissions quality in controlled areas.
  • A planned move to avoid open discussion in the absence of credible evidence to justify such a major change from the existing rules.
  • Conclusions of the BSH...

http://mfame.guru/is-european-commission-pushing-forward-restrictions-on-scrubbers/

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