Container shipping is the next large vessel segment expected to experience a large take-up of scrubbers (following the cruise sector), Yara Marine Technologies chief sales and marketing officer Kai Latun told Container Shipping & Trade. He said the drivers tor this include IMO's confirmation last October to implement 2020 as the date for its 0.5% global sulphur cap as well as a desire to be environmentally friendly. "Some container ship operators are really willing and have the ability to look at quite significant investments in the interest of the environment," he said. In particular, several of the larger container owners "are not just driven by IMO [requirements] but by a genuine interest in protecting the environment."
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