Maersk Tankers will certainly purchase 4 scrubber systems to be set up on picked LR2 vessels in the Maersk Product Tanker fleet prior to January 2020.

The scrubbers systems will certainly assist Maersk Tanker conform the upcoming IMO sulphur cap guideline, which restrict the sulphur web content in gas oil utilized aboard vessels around the world to an optimum of 0.50% from the present 3.50% restriction January 2020. As an outcome, from January 1, 2020, the worldwide delivery fleet will certainly be called for either to have actually scrubbers set up aboard or to make use of certified gas with an optimum sulphur web content of 0.5% (outdoors Emission Control Areas (ECAs)).

Maersk Tankers claims it has actually assessed and also assessed different choices for conformity with the policies, taking into consideration the long-lasting economic feasibility of offered choices and also prospective ecological influence.

The scrubber systems will certainly be set up on one existing LR2 vessel, in addition to 3 LR2 newbuildings within the Maersk Product Tanker fleet.

The firm mentioned, nonetheless, that setting up scrubbers on smaller-sized tanker vessel is not presently considered economically practical.

“Maersk Tankers supports the IMO 2020 sulphur regulation and will implement it as required. However, we also recognise a need for gaining a deeper understanding of the regulation’s overall implication on the global product tanker industry,” claimed Tommy Thomassen, Chief Technical Officer at Maersk Tankers.

Maersk Tankers even more mentioned that the firm is likewise all set to deal with scrubbers for the vessels that are run in its commercial swimming pools.

Maersk Tankers runs 164 item vessel vessels throughout 5 sectors: Intermediate, Handy, MR, LR2 and alsoAframax The firm likewise has a newbuild program including 25 brand-new vessels in the MR and also LR2 sectors