The company stressed that scrubbers was just one of several elements of the company’s overall 2020 fuel sourcing strategy.
Half its fleet will use heavy fuel oil, while the other half low sulfur compliant fuel.
Star Bulk expects average cost, including installation, to be below $2 million per vessel.
Delivery is expected in second half 2020.
Global sessions to start from the Equinox Complex in Singapore, October 26 followed by seven other countries.
Scrubbers feature automated exhaust gas cleaning modes to reflect 0.1% or 0.5% sulphur in marine fuel.
Offers general guidance to neutralise short-term challenges and prepare for long-term goals.
‘Long term technical and commercial viability of scrubbers is yet to be proven’, it says among reasons.
‘Price environment and other relevant economics have changed considerably,’ it says in an internal memo.
Finnlines explains its choice in scrubbers for meeting MARPOL sulphur requirements in the Baltics SECA.
