12NOV2018 - NEWS - US based container carrier Matson plans to install scrubbers into its three vessels

US based container carrier Matson has recently unveiled its plans to equip three vessels with scrubbers as it prepares for the IMO 2020 fuel requirement regulation. The company earlier committed to a scrubber on one vessel operating in its China-Long Beach Express service, and now confirmed that it is moving forward with plans to install scrubbers on two more CLX ships, according to data revealed during Matson’s third quarter conference call. Matson said that its current strategy is to install three scrubbers in fiscal 2019, adding that the expected scrubber installation cost would be around USD 9 million per vessel.

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