In response to ship company GAC Oman’s Ministry of Transport mentioned it can solely enable the usage of closed-loop scrubbers within the nation’s territorial waters, with hybrid scrubbers having for use in closed loop operation.
GAC mentioned that washwater from scrubbers couldn’t be disposed of on Omani waters besides for personal services in its ports, and ships should preserve correct data of washwater.
Oman joins plenty of different nations which have banned open-loop scrubbers following the introduction of the IMO 2020 regulation on low sulphur gasoline together with China, Singapore and Malaysia.
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