Maersk's new 'fossil fuel fee' more costly for shippers than surcharges
Maersk’s new fossil fuel fee (FFF), which replaces its bunker adjustment factor (BAF) and low-sulphur ...
Fuel prices vary, of course, but based on the economics put forward in Seatrade Maritime, it looks as if scrubbers may be a poor investment if early assessments of the price spread between high-sulphur bunker fuel and the low-sulphur version are correct. As the article notes, “should the fuel spread drop to just $40, there would be no business case for a 20MW scrubber, while a $100 spread would see a payback period of less than two years”.
What is striking ...
Asia-USEC shippers to lose 42% capacity in a surge of blanked sailings
USTR fees will lead to 'complete destabilisation' of container shipping alliances
New USTR port fees threaten shipping and global supply chains, says Cosco
Outlook for container shipping 'more uncertain now than at the onset of Covid'
Transpac container service closures mount
DHL Express suspends non-de minimis B2C parcels to US consumers
Zim ordered to pay Samsung $3.7m for 'wrongful' D&D charges
Flexport lawsuit an 'undifferentiated mass of gibberish', claims Freightmate
Comment on this article