K Line has opted to install scrubbers on a small portion of its fleet to meet the regulatory requirement of IMO 2020.
Speaking with TradeWinds, senior managing executive officer Atsuo Asano revealed the Japanese conglomerate — one of the world’s largest shipping companies — plans to have exhaust gas cleaning systems on 10% of its bulker fleet.
While K Line operates more than 200 bulkers, Asano said: “We are only installing [scrubbers] for the big-sized [ships], capesizes and post-panamaxes.”
