Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering port, is unlikely to face a bunker fuel supply crunch come 2020 when all ships are required to burn 0.5% sulphur content cap fuel, but owners can definitely expect to face higher bunker bills, according to...
With the IMO regulation on global fuel sulphur cap looming by 2020 or 2025, industry players have called for more clarity on the enforcement year as signs are pointing to the earlier year of 2020.
A definitive study to evaluate the impact of IMO’s Marpol Annex VI global fuel sulphur regulation will be produced by two consultancy firms in early 2017.
The shipping industry has to be prepared for challenges on an unprecedented scale ahead of IMO’s strictest global fuel sulphur content limit, and a clearer indication on the direction of that regulation will be heard in October this year...
China’s Shenzhen port has expected to adopt a stricter requirement for ships at berth requiring them to burn marine fuel with sulphur content not exceeding 0.5%, starting October 2016, according to Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service.
The IMO is expected to decide on the implementation timing of the global 0.5% sulphur content cap for marine fuels in October this year, and the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has outlined the potential implications of the...
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has joined the Trident Alliance over shared concerns about enforcement of the upcoming 0.5% Global Sulphur Cap.
With the 2018 review on a IMO planned global marine fuel sulphur content cap of 0.5% just a couple of years away, uncertainty continues to loom over the regulation particularly of supply from the oil refiners.
In just under a year after the implementation of the stricter 0.1% m/m maximum sulphur limit in the Emission Control Areas (ECAs), statistics confirm the expected shift towards distillate fuels.