Scrubber payback time is now between three and four years

The spread between bunker fuel with 3.5-percent and 0.5-percent sulfur is now down to USD 75. This increases the payback time on a scrubber to three to four years, writes Clarksons.
Photo: Edgar Su/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Edgar Su/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

It now takes approximately three to four years to earn back a scrubber investment, assesses analyst firm Clarksons Research after the spread between high- and low-sulfur fuel has dwindled.

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