Oldendorff Carriers is to retrofit a scrubber to one of its its new kamsarmax bulkers which has just been delivered from Hantong Shipyard, China.

The 81,242 dwt Kai Oldendorff has commenced “long-term” employment with a major international trading house, the German shipowner said in a statement today.

As TradeWinds reported in September, Oldendorff Carriers plans to fit some of the large, modern bulkers in its owned fleet with open-loop scrubbers.