FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Following a significant amount of incidents of soot pollution from inert gas (IG) systems and open-loop exhaust gas scrubbers, West P&I Club has presented preventive measures and best practices to assist operators in avoiding such instances. According to West, over 60 incidents of soot pollution from inert gas (IG) systems and open-loop exhaust gas scrubbers have been formally documented by the Club, though the true scale is believed to be much greater. What were once isolated events have now become a systemic problem, posing significant operational disruptions, financial losses, and heightened regulatory scrutiny for shipowners and operators worldwide. RelatedNews Pilbara Ports: Best practices for gangway related activities Iran claims oil spill in the Gulf caused by tanker dump var jnews_module_21366594_0_6a04d45785f05 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21366594","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"263,458,1731,814,115","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_