The release of sulphate from open-loop scrubbers are not harmful to the sea, firm explains.
Expects issues become more acute after implementation of 2020 global sulphur cap in marine fuels.
Detailed 79-page CCS Technical Notice includes list of documents, attachments and download links.
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.
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.
