2020 year-to-date average spot market earnings for a scrubber-fitted capesize have exceeded non-scrubber fitted ones by 27%), said Chief Shipping Analyst.
A more normalised fuel market will develop post-COVID19, and the profitability of its scrubbers investments is expected to improve in the future, it said.
Study acknowledges scrubbers are effective at reducing air emissions of SO2, however the contaminants are dumped overboard in the form of washwater.
Pursuant to this, Adani ports did send out a circular banning open loop scrubber systems, but this was revoked after pressure from the trade, said the...
With eight scrubbers installed to date, the program kicked off in 2012 with the first installation on the Pride of America completed in early 2014.
The conditions inside a scrubber are very harsh, with a combination of acids, elevated temperatures and a high chloride content in the wash water, explained corrosion...
The EU environment committee has voted for a ‘phase-out’ of open-loop exhaust scrubbers and calls for members to proceed with its own efforts to decarbonise shipping.
Event welcomed over 1,100 attendees from 42 countries; delegates visited virtual booths about 4,800 times; while around 5,800 connections were made, according to data from organiser...
Attached table outlines North’s updated insight on the stands taken by ports that have or will prohibit the use of scrubbers, or have placed conditions on...
To encourage ships to deposit their liquid waste and scrubber residues on site, the Port said it would absorb 30% of the costs involved in waste...
