It is much easier to pass on a specific fuel cost than to demand compensation for capex spending on scrubbers.” Fewer than 2,000 of the world's 60,000-strong merchant fleet are expected to fit scrubbers to their vessels ahead of 2020 legislation requiring them to be installed as an alternative to low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO), according to a report by Swedish financial services group SEB. The new rules will require ships with more than 1,000 tonnes gross tonnage (GT) and larger tankers to use LSFO or other alternatives in order to comply with EU emissions limits.
Fewer than 2,000 of the world's 60,000-strong merchant fleet are expected to fit scrubbers to their vessels ahead of 2020 legislation requiring them to be installed as an alternative to low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO), according to a report by Swedish financial services group SEB. The new rules will require ships with more than 1,000 tonnes gross tonnage (GT) and larger tankers to use LSFO or other alternatives in order to comply with EU emissions limits.