News / A U-turn on scrubbers as Hapag-Lloyd rethinks its 2020 fuel strategy

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Hapag-Lloyd has decided to trial scrubber technology on two large container vessels early next year and says the investment “could be economically attractive”.

Speaking during the carrier’s H1 earnings presentation last week, chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen said: “We have decided to do a trial with scrubbers which will start in the beginning of 2019 and depending on the results we may do more of that.”

Hitherto, Hapag-Lloyd, together with Maersk Line, has made a strong stand against scrubbers, which would enable vessels to ...