Emissions from scrubber discharge have caused pollution to the Baltic Sea corresponding to socio-economic costs of more than EUR 680m ($732m) between 2014 and 2022, according to a new study.
A new study from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden showed that the shipping companies’ investments in the much-discussed technology, where exhaust gases are ‘washed’ and discharged into the sea, have already been recouped for most ships.
