Ship Orders Slump 50% With Owners Unsure Which Green Fuel to Use

摘要

Ship owners facing looming deadlines to use less-polluting fuels have slashed the number of newvessels on order because they don’t know which alternative technology to switch to.Ammonia, hydrogen, biofuels and electrification are some of the many contenders to power theworld’s future merchant fleet, but most are only in the trial stage and won’t be scalable for at leasta decade. With the life of a commercial ship averaging around 20 years, opting for a technologythat doesn’t take off could be very costly.