News / Scrubber pioneer MSC the worst-hit by delay as ships queue at yards for retrofitting

Another containership fitted with an exhaust gas cleaning system (scrubber) is added to the global fleet every 10 hours, according to Alphaliner data. 

However, the race to get scrubbers retrofitted on ships ahead of IMO 2020 regulations on 1 January has resulted in a significant extension of the budgeted downtime for many vessels. Some vessels are taking up to 100 days to be equipped as queues grow at yards. 

Despite its early proactive stance on scrubbers as a cost-effective option to comply with the IMO’s ...