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.
More than 60% 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 just 25% of orders in 2017 and 2016. Even large companies that said they had opted for low sulphur fuel were considering scrubbers, said Korean Register senior surveyor Hyun-Tae Kim. 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.