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    May 22, 2020 3 minutes

    CONVENTIONAL REEFERS IN DECLINE

    REEFER VESSELS

    In today’s market most fruit traders are increasingly dependent on dedicated (full reefer) container ships, and only part of their required transport needs is being performed by conventional reefer ships. As a result of the IMO 2020 sulphur cap, it is expected many old and fuel-hungry conventional reefer ships will therefore be scrapped.

    Conventional reefer vessels, which have traditional cargo operations with top-opening hatches, have been largely replaced. From around 55 per cent

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