Abstract This study investigates the mixed compliance option decisions of container shipping companies considering fuel switching and scrubber installation. It refines the net present value model incorporating various market and policy factors and simulates the effect of each factor on the net present profit. The results disclose the critical values of fuel price spread (30% higher), SECA distance ratio (6%), discount rate (4.1%) and scrubber installation cost (6.5% decrease). Keeping all other factors constant, when one factor surpasses its critical value, installing scrubbers is more beneficial, while it is more attractive to switching fuels when it is lower than the critical value. Since all the factors are volatile, shipping companies’ compliance choices are mixed in practice to avoid potential risks. It then investigates the effect of company and ship characteristics on the scrubber installation using observed data. The Binary Logit regression reveals the different preferences of shipping companies considering different factors.


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    Title :

    Mixed compliance option decisions for container ships under global sulphur emission restrictions


    Contributors:
    Fan, Lixian (author) / Shen, Hanqing (author) / Yin, Jingbo (author)


    Publication date :

    2022-12-18




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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