Environmental Agency rejects Swedish scrubber concerns

The Danish authorities see no reason to worry about washwater discharged from open loop scrubbers, as an agency under the Swedish authorities has otherwise warned against.
Unifeeder is one of the carriers that will have to comply with the new sulphur rgulations.
Unifeeder is one of the carriers that will have to comply with the new sulphur rgulations.
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

There is at this time no reason to be concerned about washwater from open loop scrubbers, says Dorte Kubel, specialized consultant at the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who has been involved in a cost-benefit analysis performed by COWI for the Danish Shipowners' Association and the EPA.

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