Compliant Fuel Compatibility and Availability Concerns Ahead of 2020

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With just 4 months left for the implementation on January 1, 2020, IMO’s sulphur cap rule, it is extremely worrying that compliant fuels are made available only in a limited number of ports and under unfavourable terms for voluntary early testing by ships, says an article published in IOL.

Sulphur cap

On that date all ships will be required to use fuel with a sulphur content of no more than 0.50% compared with the current rate of 3.5%. 

To achieve this, ships will have to adopt one of the...

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