Excerpt: The importance of monitoring wash water for scrubbers cannot be understated. It is clearly crucial for shipowners that they take the best option for their vessels and operations to ensure compliance with the regulations. For those considering making the investment in scrubbers, they will need to fully understand both the regulatory and operational implications and will actively seek reassurance that making the investment to install a system will result in compliance with all applicable regulations. For scrubber manufacturers, the onus is on them to provide reliable proof that their systems are fit for purpose and will not create further regulatory complications for their customers. It is only though accurate monitoring that both of these criteria can be met. Importance ofRead more
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Monitoring Wash Water on a Ship
01.02.2023Excerpt: In the 2008 amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex VI, the IMO agreed in Regulation 14 to reduce the maximum allowable sulphur content of marine fuels from 4.5% to 3.5% in 2012, and then to 0.5% in 2020, except in sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs), where the maximum sulphur content was limited to 1.0% in July 2010 and 0.1% in January 2015. The IMO agreed to implement the 0.50% sulphur limit in 2020 based on research showing that sufficient quantities of compliant, low-sulphur-content fuel would be available in 2020 (Faber et al., 2016) and that doing so would prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths each year by reducing air pollution (SofievRead more
Compliance Testing on Sea Vessels
15.12.2022Excerpt: The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference held in Geneva in 1948 and came into existence ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, IMO currently has 175 Member States and three Associate Members. Amongst other regulatory responsibilities, the IMO also has responsibility the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships and for the prevention of invasive species in ballast water. Wash water compliance On January 1st, 2020, a new IMO compliance limit on the sulphur content (SOx) in the fuel oil used onboard ships came into force. Known as IMO 2020, the rule limits the sulphur in the fuel oil used on board ships operating outside designated emissionRead more