News / Scrubbers will help shipping hit greenhouse gas reduction targets

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Vessels using heavy fuel oil scrubber systems will have a “positive” effect on global CO2 emissions, according to a new report.

Norwegian research organisation Sintef claims a combination of high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) and an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) represents the best means of meeting ...

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  • Ian Adams

    August 14, 2019 at 8:27 pm

    The statement “Efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions in shipping are being spearheaded by IMO 2020;” is completely inaccurate. The revision of MARPOL Annex VI is about reducing Sulfur emissions not greenhouse gases the two issues are separate.

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