Almost a year after the introduction of the IMO 2020 sulphur cap, Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) highlights the crucial role of the exhaust gas cleaning systems in the smooth transition, as recently noted by the IMO.
To remind, according to IMO, the implementation of IMO 2020 did not cause any disruptions in trade even during the COVID-19 pandemic, when cargo-carrying ships continued to deliver goods around the world.
Following the situation, approximately 4.000 ships are currently fitted with EGCS, also known as ‘scrubbers’, which helped to meet the sulphur limit requirement set by the IMO2020.
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The CSA strongly believes that EGCS make a positive difference to the ports and ocean environments in which ships operate and will promote global environmental progress, especially the goal of reducing the health impact from airborne sources, which is at the heart of the IMO 2020 regulation.
“On a well-to-wake basis, EGCS-fitted vessels have a lower CO2 footprint than the most widely-used alternative fuel options of MGO and VLSFO. A recent CE Delft study found the increase in CO2 footprint from the additional refining of MGO to likely be in the range of 10-15% and potentially as high as 25%. In contrast, the increased CO2 from EGCS is only in the range of 1.0-1.5%”.
….said Poul Woodall, Executive Director of the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA).
In view of the positive results from EGCS, the CSA and its companies will continue to advocate and support ongoing research to further the industry’s efforts towards the common goals of continually reduced emissions and carbon neutrality.
“Therefore, there should be broader awareness that EGCS-fitted vessels show a significantly better CO2 performance than similar vessels using refined fuels for compliance, such as MGO/VLSFO. This supports the current ambitions of significantly lowering CO2 emissions by 2030.”
… Poul Woodall concluded.
Concluding, the CSA was founded in 2018 to serve as an advocate for shipping companies working in order to reduce marine exhaust gas emissions through the use of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems.
