Scrubbers Healthy Option

Stop the Hype on Open-loop Scrubbers for Sake of Human Health – EGCSA

  • The hype around open loop exhaust gas cleaning systems wash water discharge dilutes the focus on human health and the environment.
  • Some governments and authorities decide to ban open-loop scrubbers, saying the discharging wash water from open-loop scrubbers into their territorial waters is not acceptable.
  • During the recent sixth PPR sub-committee meeting again the use of EGCS was endorsed as an approved option for complying with the 2020 0.5% sulphur cap.
  • Vessels fitted with EGCS can...

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Do You Know Why Scrubbers Are the Only Healthy Option?

  • Research funded by the German Science Foundation highlights the necessity of scrubbers and how beneficial it is in the long term.
  • Dr. Zimmermann, the principal researcher explained that one-third of particulate matter in ship emissions are independent of the fuel type.
  • From the extrapolation of lack of emission and the shipping industry studies on steady-emission rate since 2008, it can’t be concluded that the hazard is reducing.
  • ‘Ship tracks’ have shown that particulate emission from...

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