Let's sort it out:
Scrubber vs ECO vs Size. The $OET & #2020Bulkers advantages and... are there risks to scrubbers from politicians? What would that mean?
1. ECO is about ships using less fuel due to propulsion and general features. That also means less CO2, carbon emissions.
Scrubber vs ECO vs Size. The $OET & #2020Bulkers advantages and... are there risks to scrubbers from politicians? What would that mean?
1. ECO is about ships using less fuel due to propulsion and general features. That also means less CO2, carbon emissions.
2. Scrubbers is not so much about CO2, only removes like 2%. It is all about cleaning sulphur or the black smoke. The controversy is about putting that into the ocean. The argument for is -a silly low addition vs all the sulphur in the ocean & that sulphur is an airproblem only.
Looking at the current situation scrubbers are an economic failure for all that did retrofits but those that installed when the ships were built got it cheaper and with no offhire time. Being ECO is important, being larger ships is important, being modern is important=premium pay
Scrubber is right now due to covid not that important vs the other factors. About 1-2k USD per day advantage for our $OET & 2020B vessels. Hence any threat to scrubbers is of less importance. My experience is that many people mix up ECO ships with Scrubbers. Don't do that...
Could scrubbers become more valuable again? Yes, for sure, the numbers could double as jetfuel use gets used for planes instead of marine fuel again.
Will scrubbers be banned? They allowed in the open sea where they are good, some ports ban them. EU, Canada could ban wider but..
Will scrubbers be banned? They allowed in the open sea where they are good, some ports ban them. EU, Canada could ban wider but..
No 2020Bulkers and few OET ships sail those areas. It is more STNG etc.
Still, I very much doubt we see any such wide "unfair" policies anytime soon. Shippers bought scrubbers as an environmental investment backed by the IMO. Would look very bad. So expect a few more small ban
Still, I very much doubt we see any such wide "unfair" policies anytime soon. Shippers bought scrubbers as an environmental investment backed by the IMO. Would look very bad. So expect a few more small ban
And yes, looking at my tweet serie above there should have been a lot of "advantage emphasis" on that ECO comes first, then the larger size (of the OET VLCCs and 2020Bulker Newcastlemaxes), then general age and 4th scrubber (with quite a small amount at this time)
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