Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications provides maps of affected ports.
Further discussion of Med-ECA is scheduled to take at IMO meeting from 11 to 13 December 2018.
‘MPA provided neither scientific evidence for its decision nor was the industry invited to consultation.’
To enter charters for six scrubber-retrofitted vessels, beginning after installation, with duration into 2022.
Enters into agreement to purchase scrubber systems for 42 vessels in 2019 and 10 vessels in 2020.
Co-CEOs Trygve P. Munthe and Svein Moxnes Harfjeld explain position to shareholders in a letter.
‘We believe that it is essential to segregate transparently the burden of fuel costs,’ it says in release.
Number of ports and regions have already stated they will not allow scrubber washwater discharge.
Advises on steps shipowners and operators to take for compliance of the new rule effective Jan 2019.
Ban of wash water discharge from open-loop scrubbers to take effect from 1 January 2020.