Please be informed that AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Authority) request to provide the test results of wash water from open-loop scrubbers.

According to the Marine Notice 05/2019 issued by AMSA, test of wash water is to be conducted in accordance with "2015 GUIDELINES FOR EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS" and repeated twelve months, as a minimum, for a period of two years.

Please surely noted that ships may be prohibited to discharge the wash water from open-loop scrubbers in Australian waters if the relevant data or evidence cannot be provided to AMSA before arrival at the first Australian port.

For further details regarding this regulation, please refer to Marine Notice 05/2019 as attached.

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Technical Solution Department, Administration Center Annex, Head Office
Address: 3-3 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0094, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2042
Fax: +81-3-5226-2736
E-mail: tsd@classnk.or.jp