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Pacific Basin expands fleet with four scrubber-fitted Ultramaxes

glory 30-11-2020 15:37 Area News
Dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin has bought four second-hand Ultramax vessels for a total of $67 million. The Hong Kong-based shipowner said that the purchase would be funded by its cash reserves. The four...
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Study calls for ban and phasing out of scrubbers to protect the oceans

glory 25-11-2020 15:09 Area News
A study commissioned by the Canadian Government is recommending individual governments, including Canada, to take unilateral action to restrict or prohibit scrubber discharges from both open-loop and closed-loop systems...
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Port of Le Havre, Serep unveil scrubber waste treatment initiative

glory 07-10-2020 20:27 Area News
French Port of Le Havre, in partnership with Serep, a subsidiary of Sarp Industries, has set up a local industry for the treatment of scrubber residues. As explained, with this move, the duo wants to offer “concrete...
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Scorpio Tankers secures scrubber, sale & leaseback financing

glory 25-09-2020 18:21 Area News
Tanker owner and operator Scorpio Tankers has finalized commitments from three financial institutions and has received a new commitment for a scrubber financing facility. The financing facilities are expected to...
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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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