DFDS is moving forward with a campaign aimed at maintaining compliance with increasingly stringent emissions standards following a pledge of financial support from the European Union.
In a statement the Danish ro-ro operator said it will apply the DKK 47.2m ($8.6m) award towards the installation of scrubbers on five ships that work loops linking Belgium to the UK.
The Oslo-listed carrier pointed out that it has been testing a newly-developed scrubber on one of its freighters since 2009 and plans to equip 21 vessels with a similar system in the coming years, an initiative that could cost as much as DKK 750m in total.
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