JP Morgan expects 81 VLCCs will be fitted with scrubbers by 2021 at a time when major owners are flocking to adopt the technology for their tankers.

Analyst Noah Parquette’s assessment come in a report today following news in the past week that both Frontline and DHT Holdings plan on retrofitting a number of vessels with the equipment.

New York-listed DHT will have 14 scrubber fitted VLCCs once the plan is complete, while Frontline...