German container line Hapag-Lloyd is to install scrubbers on 10 ships in 2019 and 2020.
The decision to retrofit the exhaust cleaners (EGCS) on the 13,000-teu Hamburg-class vessels will allow it to meet IMO 2020 fuel rules, it said.
The first vessel, the 13,169-teu Hamburg Express (built 2012), will be ready next March at Qingdao Beihai shipyard in China.
The line has ordered hybrid-ready kits.
