DFDS has revealed that the use of scrubbers across their fleet led to them celebrating a high profit in 2015.
According to the company, installing scrubbers has allowed ships to operate using heavy fuel oil (HFO), keeping costs down and maintaining competitive advantage. Fuel costs have been at an all-time low according to DFDS, contributing to revenue growth of 10% in Q4 of 2015.
In addition to scrubbers, liquefied natural gas (LNG) is being considered for the future. At the moment the use of scrubbers are enabling emissions compliance as well as driving profit. The company expect that LNG is more efficient for newbuilds, whereas for retrofits the payback is less at the moment.
Furthermore, a multi-million Euro investment the route between Zeebrugge and Rosyth in Scotland has led to an increase in freight volumes and allowed the route to be in profit for the first time.
