Gap Between Two Marine Fuels Halts Installation of Scrubbers

High sulfur fuel oil, once the cheap staple diet of the shipping industry, has been usurped by an abundance of low-cost, premium quality bunker fuel.
That’s led to seafarers freezing orders for equipment to remove the sulfur from HSFO and maximizing compliant fuels.
But don’t write off shipping’s dirtiest fuel as shippers play a waiting game over the oil price recovery.

A recently published article in Platts written by Paul Hickin, bringsforth the critical period the shipping industry faces...