Norwegian logistics company Wallenius Wilhemsen told Reuters it had cancelled scrubbers for nine ships in the past few months and postponed an additional eight until later this year or 2021.
As a result primarily of the COVID-19 pandemic, customers have significantly reduced their output of vehicles. With that comes a reduction in revenues and we are taking all necessary steps to reduce cash outflows,
…a spokeswoman told Reuters.
This comes in line with s generic trend of ship owners who have recently been “ignoring the global sulphur cap” and postponing or cancelling the installation of ‘scrubbers’, in a bid to save money during the COVID-19 pandemic, Nautilus International reported.
With one scrubber costing around $2 million, fleet operators face costs of over $100 million.
