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.
If ship operators divert around the ECA to save on fuel costs, due to increased cost of ECA-compliant fuel.
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.
Changes at Shanghai ports, Yangtze River Delta, and Zhejiang Province effective 1 October, 2018.
From 1st October 2018 vessels are to use 0.5% sulphur fuel before entering Yangtze River Delta ECA, different from current practise.
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.
