Tor Olav Troim-backed owner 2020 Bulkers has decided to install scrubbers on the eight newcastlemaxes it has ordered at China’s New Times Shipyard.

This was confirmed to TradeWinds by company chairman Magnus Halvorsen.

The scrubbers cost $2m per ship and come in addition to the contract price announced earlier.

The 208,000-dwt bulkers were ordered late last year for between $44.2m