MSC: Sulfur requirements will cost us more than USD 2 billion a year

The decision to implement global sulfur requirements in 2020 will cost container carrier MSC more than USD 2 billion anually. The new environmental requirements put significant pressure on container carriers, says CEO Diego Aponte.
Photo: MSC
Photo: MSC

It is an expensive ordeal for container shipowners that global sulfur requirements will now be implemented in 2020, says MSC, the world's second-largest container carrier and half of the 2M alliance with Maersk Line, on the day after the global sulfur directive was adopted by the IMO.

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