Will not invest in exhaust gas cleaning systems.
The hybrid scrubbers will be supplied by ME Production.
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.
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.
