News / Zim expects customers to pay a premium for greener fuel

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Eli Glickman, president and CEO of Israeli carrier Zim, believes with pressure coming from customers to decarbonise supply chains, those in the US will pay a premium for low-carbon fuels.

The line expects to see the first deliveries of 28 LNG-powered vessels, ten of 15,000 teu and 18 of 7,700 teu, in the spring, with arrivals completed next year. The vessels, ordered by non-vessel operator Seaspan, will be on long-term charter to Zim.

Mr Glickman told The Loadstar: “We expect shippers such ...