According to an article published in Ship and Bunker News, the amount of boxship capacity withdrawn from service spiked in July as tonnage headed into shipyards for scrubber retrofits.
Scrubber retrofit work in progress
Alphaliner data indicates that as of July 30, 2019, there were 31 container vessels with a combined total capacity of 350,000 TEU out of service for scrubber retrofit work.
This compares to less than 50,000 TEU of capacity out of service due to scrubber retrofits
at the start of February.
More number of vessels expected to be retrofitted
Alphaliner says it expects withdrawn capacity numbers to grow in the coming months with more than 550 additional ships slated to have units installed. In terms of the global fleet as a whole, estimates vary as to exactly how many vessels will have scrubbers fitted come January 1, 2020, but the Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) recently predicted this will be around 4,000.
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Source: Ship&Bunker
