In a major development, Shipping analyst Drewry and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) have defined and published a simplified BAF indexing mechanism and bunker charge guide to help shippers monitor and control bunker charges as shipping lines switch to the more expensive bunkers required under the IMO 2020 low-sulphur regulation, reports Ship Insight.
The mechanism is the result of the ESC-Drewry IMO toolkit reference group of ten experts that Drewry and the ESC tasked with gathering views...
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