IMO’s Masao Yamasaki presented at the Lloyds Maritime Academy training workshop on “A Practical Guide to Scrubber Systems: Cost and performance analysis of exhaust gas cleaning systems” (27-28 January). Mr Yamasaki outlined IMO guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems and informed participants on the latest work in relation to MARPOL Annex VI. IMO’s Astrid Dispert is also attending the workshop.