TEXTE Environmental Impacts of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems for Reduction of SOx on Ships — Analysis of status quo 
Report compiled within the framework of the project ImpEx 
List of abbreviations 
AbwV 
BfG 
BOD 
BOTU 
BSH 
BTEX 
BWMS 
CDNI 
CL 
COVID-19 
CO, 
COD 
DWT 
ECA(s) 
EEZ 
EGCS 
EGR 
EQS 
EU 
FNU 
GESAMP 
ST 
HFO 
IMO 
MAMPEC-BW 
MARPOL 
MEPC 
MGO 
MSFD 
Mt 
NOx 
NTU 
PAH 
53H 
Abwasserverordnung (German Wastewater Directive) 
Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (German Federal Institute for Hydrology) 
Biological oxygen demand 
Bleed-off treatment unit 
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (German Federal Maritime 
and Hydrographic Agency) 
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene 
Ballast water management systems 
Strasbourg Convention on the Collection, Deposit and Reception of Waste 
during Navigation on the Rhine and Inland Waterways of 9 September 1996 
Closed loop 
Coronavirus disease 2019 
Carbon dioxide 
Chemical oxygen demand 
Dead weight tonnage (tonnes) 
Emission Control Area(s) 
Exclusive Economic Zone 
Exhaust Gas Cleaning System(s) 
Exhaust Gas Recirculation 
Environmental Quality Standards 
European Union 
Formazin nephlometric units 
Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental 
Protection 
Gross tonnage 
Heavy fuel oil 
International Maritime Organization 
Marine Antifoulant Model to Predict Environmental Concentrations (as 
amended for Ballast Water discharges) 
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of Ships 
IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee 
Marine gas oil 
Marine Strategy Framework Directive 
Megatons 
Nitrogen oxides 
Nephlometric turbidity units 
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon(s) 
Defined as decimal logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion activity 
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