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Study: Scrubbers have lower well-to-wake CO2 footprint than low-sulphur fuels

glory 16-09-2020 16:01 Area News
Using exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) or low-sulphur fuel oils to meet the IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap both result in an increase of well-to-wake CO2 emissions, according to a recent study carried out by research and...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ scrubbers fitted on 22 ships in 2020

glory 07-09-2020 20:42 Area News
Japanese shipbuilding major Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has installed its in-house produced DIA-SOx marine SOx scrubbers on 22 ships so far this year. The company said that its subsidiary Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. had...
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Brittany Ferries welcomes scrubber-fitted E-Flexer to its fleet

glory 04-09-2020 14:23 Area News
Britanny Ferries has taken delivery of the Galicia, the first of three ships in the E-Flexer class of nine ordered by Stena RoRo from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai). The Galicia will be chartered by Brittany...
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Carnival spent $500 million on scrubbers to date

glory 27-08-2020 17:12 Area News
Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise shipping company, has retrofitted 77 % of its fleet with exhaust gas cleaning systems, commonly known as scrubbers, splashing a total of $500 million on installations to date...
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Final scrubber-fitted VLCC newbuild joins Hunter Tankers’ fleet

glory 21-08-2020 14:52 Area News
Oslo-listed shipowner Hunter Tankers AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hunter Group ASA, has taken delivery of Hunter Frigg, the seventh scrubber-fitted ECO design VLCC newbuilding. The vessel was delivered by Daewoo...
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Saudi Arabia bans wash water discharge from open-loop scrubbers

glory 20-08-2020 13:56 Area News
Saudi Ports Authority is the latest port to prohibit discharges of exhaust wash water in its waters from ships fitted with open-loop scrubbers, one of the alternative measures of being compliant with the IMO 2020 Sulphur...
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TORM fits 40 of 49 planned scrubbers as it books strongest H1 since 2008

glory 17-08-2020 19:03 Area News
Danish carrier of refined oil products TORM has installed 40 scrubbers on its ships from the planned 49, the company revealed in its business report. TORM added that of the remaining nine installations, five are...
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BIMCO: Scrubber-fitted containerships overtake crude tankers

glory 17-08-2020 14:20 Area News
The share of the containership fleet fitted with scrubbers exceeded that of the crude oil tanker fleet by the start of July 2020, data from BIMCO shows. The world’s largest shipowner association said that containerships...
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Pacific Basin CEO: We won’t be investing in any more scrubbers

glory 05-08-2020 21:23 Area News
Hong Kong-based dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin has ruled out further investments in the installation of scrubbers on its ships despite reporting enviable net savings from the technology worth $23.1...
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Pacific Basin scores $23.1 million net savings on its scrubbers

glory 30-07-2020 18:56 Area News
Hong Kong-based dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin achieved a net saving of $23.1 million on its scrubbers, representing 38% of its original investment. The company decided to fit scrubbers on 28 of its owned...
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