BIMCO has issued an updated list of local restrictions on the discharge of the wash water from Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS), also known as scrubbers.
BIMCO has issued an updated list of local restrictions on the discharge of the wash water from Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS), also known as scrubbers.
BIMCO gathers information on countries and individual ports that have restricted or banned discharge of wash water from exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) within their jurisdiction to exclusively support our members that may be using scrubbers to avoid falling foul of any local restrictions.
At the end of 2019, the Suez Canal Authority issued a circular (no. 8/2019) related to the IMO 2020 sulphur regulation, in which it also placed a ban on the discharge of wash water from open-loop scrubbers while transiting the Canal.
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