JUST weeks after IMO 2020 came into effect, the Pakistani government has joined a string of other
global destinations and banned open-loop scrubbers at the port of
Karachi. Ships will have to use closed loop scrubbers or complaint fuel
when at the port
Pakistan's government is prohibiting the
use of open-loop scrubbers at the port of Karachi in yet another
push-back against the sulphur emissions abatement technology, reported
New York's Air Cargo World.
The Standard P&I Club said that the government has banned the
discharge of wash-water from open-loop scrubbers, which some owners have
installed on board their vessels to comply with the 0.5 per cent global
sulphur limit at the port.
"While in the port, vessels fitted with hybrid type of scrubbers should
switch to the closed-loop mode of operations. As for vessels fitted with
open-loop scrubbers, they would need to switch over to compliant fuel
instead," the government's statement said.
Several jurisdictions and ports, such as Singapore, have taken the same
decision on open loop scrubbers amid concerns that the discharge of wash
water from scrubbers will pollute their waters.
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