Charterers employing tankers using low-sulphur marine gas oil come 2020 face paying 33% more than using a scrubber-fitted ship using heavy fuel oil, new research shows.
“Because there remains a lot of uncertainty around the pricing of alternative fuel options and the adoption of abatement technologies such as scrubbers, it is difficult to forecast the exact impact IMO 2020 will have on shipping costs,” says Poten & Partners.
