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  Don't think exhaust scrubbers ever got past an experiment P&O carried out on a single generator exhaust on one of their ferries. P&O probably burn the same heavy fuel as we do in DFDS, which is 1% sulphur or less.
  
  Everybody burns a lot less fuel than they used to as all companies have instructed their ferries to operate at reduced speed which dramatically reduces fuel consumption, the major preoccupation presently in view of the cost. Spirit of Britain burns the same amount of fuel as the vessel she has replaced, the Pride of Dover, and carries twice as much so that can be viewed as equivalent to halving emissions at a stroke.
  
  International legislation is being considered to require using heavy fuel of 0.1% sulphur content in future years but this would require an enormously expensive investment in global infrastructure and would hugely increase running costs. Needless to say, it is being fiercely resisted.

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