Four ultra-large boxships are to be out of service to have exhaust gas cleaning equipment (scrubbers) installed, reports Ship and Bunker.
Boxships ownersThe four ships, to be out-of-service, belong to boxship operating giants CMA CGM and the Mediterranean Shipping Company.
LNG newbuilds in orderbook- CMA CGM has also ordered a number of newbuilds of 15,000 twenty foot equivalent units (TEU) to run on liquified natural gas.
- Ultra-large boxships have a cargo capacity of around 20,000 TEU.
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