Oslo-listed MPC Container Ships (MPCC) may fit scrubbers to 55 ships in its 69-vessel fleet in a potentially big change of tack.

The company said it had bought five exhaust gas cleaning systems to be retrofitted before 1 January to meet IMO 2020 rules.

The deal includes options to buy kits for 50 more boxships, allowing for further installations in both 2019 and early 2020.