Further to the club’s previous news item on discharge of scrubber wash-water in Brazil, correspondents BRAZMAR Marine Services have advised that the Directorate of Ports and Coasts (DPC) / Navy have changed their previous guidance on the topic, and that the discharge of wash water from open loop and/or hybrid Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) is allowed within Brazilian Jurisdictional Waters until the competent environmental authority has the opportunity to better assess the scenario. This is based on the assumption that the subject EGCS is approved by Class, has a plan for compliance of SOx emissions and is approved as per the requirements of resolution MEPC.259 (68) of IMO.
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巴西水域允许排放脱硫塔洗涤水
继之前关于在巴西排放脱硫塔洗涤水的报道后，Standard协会通代BRAZMAR告知，港口和海岸局已经更改了先前关于排放洗涤水的指南，即目前在巴西水域允许排放开环或混合废气净化系统（EGCS）的洗涤水，直到环境主管当局进行进一步的评估。这是基于船舶的废气净化系统已经获得船级社批准，具有符合硫氧化物（SOx）排放的计划并根据IMO的MEPC.259 (68) 决议的要求被批准。
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