Clean shipping

The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020) has received written approvals and no-objection letters from several port authorities around the world indicating they have no intention of banning the use of open-loop scrubbers in their waters. Following successful meetings between port officials and CSA 2020 Executive Committee members, the ports approached indicated that they do not intend to submit any papers to IMO pertaining to exhaust gas cleaning systems operation unless new, compelling research comes to light.