Hamburg Bulk Carriers (HBC) has warned of the dangers of bringing forward the deadline for stricter controls on greenhouse gas emissions from shipping, despite its pending delivery of the last in a series of handysizes that already fulfill the green requirements.
Any move to bring forward the deadline for greenhouse emissions to 2020 instead of 2025 would be “dangerous,” says Stefan Bulow, managing director of HBC, with safety concerns outweighing any potential commercial advantages.
