Pick-up of scrubbers is rising fast as a 2020 deadline to ban high-sulphur fuels is approaching, DNV GL said during a press briefing at Posidonia.
A total 514 ships worldwide will have scrubbers installed by end-December 2018, up from 347 at the end of last year, said Stine Mundal, head of environmental certification at DNV GL.
The figures are compiled on the basis of confirmed contracts, which means they will likely rise further as scrubber installments currently under negotiation gradually come through.
