Shipyards around the world
are expecting demand for carbon
emission-reducing “scrubbers”
pre-fitted on new cruise ships to
rise in coming years, according to
a UK shipping consultancy report.
The paper revealed also that
tightening regulations being
set by coastal authorities and
by governments are seeing a
growing requirement to retrofit
scrubbers to existing cruise ships.
This is expected to translate to a
increased workload for shipyards
who will now be asked to fit the
systems in newbuild orders.
Carnival Cruise Lines announced
last year it would fit scrubbers
to its 32 ships as part of a major
environmental overhaul to its
worldwide fleet (CW 17 Sep).
