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Infographic: Scrubbers: a false solution to the IMO's Sulphur Cap

Infographic: Scrubbers – A false solution to the IMO’s Sulphur Cap

11 December 2022 / ,
This infographic focuses on how the use of scrubbers have turned a global shipping’s air pollution problem into an ocean pollution problem, and why their use may conflict with UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea). This infographic also makes recommendations for actions states, industry and the IMO should take.
Scrubbers: A False Solution to the IMO’s Sulphur Cap

Scrubbers Webinar: A False Solution to the IMO’s Sulphur Cap

6 December 2022 / ,
This webinar looks at how scrubbers have turned global shipping’s air pollution problem into an ocean pollution problem.
The Guardian: Shipping’s dirty secret: how ‘scrubbers’ clean the air – while contaminating the sea

The Guardian: Shipping’s dirty secret: how ‘scrubbers’ clean the air – while contaminating the sea

12 July 2022 / ,
“It’s been a loophole for industry to continue burning the cheapest, dirtiest fuels,” says Lucy Gilliam, of Seas at Risk, an association of European environmental organisations.
Arctic Climate Crisis: Black Carbon Emissions

PPR 9: Governments Must Cut Shipping’s Black Carbon Emissions to Save the Arctic

4 April 2022 / ,
At PPR9, NGO demand that IMO slash shipping's impact of black carbon emissions on the Arctic by requiring a switch to distillate or alternative cleaner fuels or methods of propulsion for vessels operating in or near Arctic waters.
Dr Sian Prior

Scrubbers Are Not the Perfect Solution – for the Arctic or Anywhere

1 February 2018 / ,
A number of shipping companies, including Maersk, Hapag Lloyd and Klaveness, have indicated that they will likely move to low sulphur fuels, and some fuel companies are quietly happy to sell a more expensive, 0.5% sulfur product, while hoping for low numbers of scrubber installation.