International Seaways (INSW) is laying some of its cards down on exhaust gas scrubbers for IMO 2020 compliance.

The New York-listed tanker owner announced today it has signed contracts with Norway's Clean Marine and an installer to put exhaust gas cleaning systems on seven modern VLCCs, with an option to outfit the remaining three.

The seven scrubbers will be installed before 2020 when the new 0.5%