3rd May, 4:30pm \u2013 5:45pm CET<\/p>\n
The ICCT\u2019s Marine Team is organizing a workshop, \u201cRegulating scrubbers: How ports and jurisdictions can go beyond IMO guidelines\u201d, to bring the attention of ports, national governments and other relevant stakeholders to the problem of scrubber discharge water, by sharing best practices information and demonstrating how ports and jurisdictions can protect their waters by restricting the use of scrubbers.<\/p>\n
The ICCT released a global study on scrubber discharge water and its effects on water and air pollution, considering the global bans already implemented at that time. Recent ICCT research has shown that measures against scrubbers currently exist in 49 jurisdictions in the form of bans and restrictions implemented both by ports and national governments.<\/p>\n
The workshop aims to connect interested parties and provide the ports and national governments with examples of procedures and best practices to go beyond pollution limits established in IMO guidelines by banning or restricting the use of scrubbers in their waters. The Ports of Gothenburg, Trelleborg (Sweden), and the Port of Vancouver (Canada) will present how to integrate the appropriate measures into the ports\u2019 legislations; while the presentation of Mr. Chircop will suggest to the authorities how UNCLOS laws could help them to regulate scrubbers use in their national waters.<\/p>\n
Moderator: Liudmila Osipova, ICCT Researcher
\nInput: Camilla Carraro, ICCT Fellow<\/p>\n
Invited presenters:<\/p>\n
Jennie Folkunger, Port of Trelleborg (Sweden)<\/p>\n
Megan McCann, Fraser Vancouver Port Authority (Canada)<\/p>\n
Aldo Chircop, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia (Canada)<\/p>\n