There's a new power in the fuel debate

With last week’s news that CMA CGM would power its new 23,500 teu “megamax” vessels with LNG fuel, while MSC had opted to stay with conventional heavy fuel oil (HFO) on similarly sized ships, but fit scrubber systems to the engine exhausts, we saw the first real divergence in fuel strategy among major shipping lines. Much of the conversation in carrier boardrooms revolves around their response to forthcoming emissions regulations, but it wasn’t so long ago that of greater concern ...