The world's largest container shipper Maersk plans to retrofit an undisclosed amount of vessels with open-loop scrubbers that are hybrid ready, at a cost of $263m . However, MSC recently indicated it was spending $439 million for retrofits on 86 boxships - or about $5.1 million per vessel, and However, the firm, which has long been a sceptic of scrubber technology, will mostly rely on low sulphur fuels to comply with IMO sulphur cap regulations. Additionally, Ship & Bunker is reportedly spending $5.1m to retrofit 51 of its own boxships at $5.1m per tanker, which would equate to 86 of Maersk 's 750-strong fleet being fitted with scrubbers, or 15% of its total.
The world's largest container shipper Maersk plans to retrofit an undisclosed amount of vessels with open-loop scrubbers that are hybrid ready, at a cost of $263m . However, the firm, which has long been a sceptic of scrubber technology, will mostly rely on low sulphur fuels to comply with IMO sulphur cap regulations. Additionally, Ship & Bunker is reportedly spending $5.1m to retrofit 51 of its own boxships at $5.1m per tanker, which would equate to 86 of Maersk 's 750-strong fleet being fitted with scrubbers, or 15% of its total.