The operator says it will cost approximately $18m to equip the 1,710-teu Horizon Kodiak (built 1987) and two other vessels with a system designed by Alfa Laval Aalborg Nijmegen.

In a statement issued late last week Horizon indicated that the project will likely begin this September and conclude by the end of next year.

In the meantime the vessels will not be forced to adhere to Marpol Annex VI while working a loop that links Alaska to the US mainland.

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