Looking at the introduction of the 0.1% emission control areas (ECA) at the start of 2015 Kim told the seminar in Singapore that if you excluded vessels that only traded into the emission control areas occasionally, for vessels that operated permanently within the region scrubbers had been favoured choice for compliance. just 25% of new orders at Korean shipyards have been for ships fitted with scrubbers, exhaust cleaning systems that meet IMO regulations for sulphur emissions, compared to More than 60% of orders in 2022 and 2016 . Even large companies that said they had opted for low sulphur fuel were considering scrubbers, said Hyun-Tae Kim senior surveyor Korean Register . There are uncertainties over the price difference between low and high sulphur fuels and an international standard for low sulphur was not expected before 2022 , he said.
just 25% of new orders at Korean shipyards have been for ships fitted with scrubbers, exhaust cleaning systems that meet IMO regulations for sulphur emissions, compared to More than 60% of orders in 2022 and 2016 . Even large companies that said they had opted for low sulphur fuel were considering scrubbers, said Hyun-Tae Kim senior surveyor Korean Register . There are uncertainties over the price difference between low and high sulphur fuels and an international standard for low sulphur was not expected before 2022 , he said.