Marine fuels boosted diesel prices in 2022, but future impact unclear

The recent publication of two significantly different outlooks for diesel markets in 2023 shows how the International Maritime Organization’s environmental rules will remain an enormous factor.

Just one slight issue: Will the impact on diesel be bullish or bearish?

The direction of diesel, as always, will still overwhelmingly be determined by the price of crude. A slide in crude prices created by a possible ’23 recession, or the opposite of recession if an increase if China’s demand surges as it...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/marine-fuels-boosted-diesel-prices-in-2022-but-future-impact-unclear

IMO 2020 regulations led to 77% drop in sulphur dioxide emissions

Pictured: clean skies. Photo credit: Chandan Chaurasian via Unsplash.

Earlier this week the International Maritime Organization, the specialised UN agency that regulates global shipping, reported that the IMO 2020 low sulphur regulations have led to a 77% drop in sulphur oxide emissions from ships.

“Thus significantly improving air quality and protecting human health,” the IMO said in a statement.

On 1 January 2022, new global rules in Annex VI of Marpol (the global ship-source pollution...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/imo-2020-regulations-led-to-77-drop-in-sulphur-dioxide-emissions/

Big diesel futures drop to end the week

Ultra low sulfur diesel prices on the CME commodity exchange closed out the week with an enormous drop, but it wasn’t big enough to take levels down to a weekly decline.

And the big drop came after a day in which one of the world’s most important forecasting reports, the monthly outlook of the International Energy Agency, gave an overview of the future for the “middle of the barrel” from which diesel comes. And that overview doesn’t have much of a forecast for price relief. 

The settlement Friday...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/big-diesel-futures-drop-to-end-the-week

Drilling Deep: FourKites prepares for the post-pandemic future

At the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium in Buena Vista, Florida, podcast host John Kingston sat down with two executives from FourKites to talk about visibility in the supply chain and what companies like theirs need to do in the post-pandemic market to meet customer needs.

Kingston was joined by Fabrizio Brasca, the executive vice president of industry and market strategy at FourKites, and Mark Delaney, the company’s vice president of global industry strategy for the retail sector. 

Also on the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drilling-deep-fourkites-prepares-for-the-post-pandemic-future

How To Be IMO2020 Compliant Amid High Sulphur Warning?

Maritec Advises Shipowners On How To Be IMO2020 Compliant Amid High Sulphur Warning

Singapore-based independent test and research facility Maritec is advising shipowners on how best to meet IMO 2020 fuel testing requirements following reports of excessive sulphur in some very low sulphur fuel oils.

In a Technical Bulletin issued to customers in December, Maritec reports several cases where tested VLSFO manifold samples have recorded a sulphur content of between 0.51 to 0.53%m/m, exceeding the mandatory allowable 0.50%m/m.

The testing company says this accounts for about 1.23% of...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/how-to-be-imo2020-compliant-amid-high-sulphur-warning/

KPI OceanConnect Warns of Bunker Quality Issues Amid Price Surge

  • Some of the bunker quality problems anticipated before the IMO 2020 transition may now come to pass as oil prices surge this year.
  • The collapse in demand for jet fuel and for road fuels caused by COVID-19 meant that some of these could have made their way into the marine fuel blending pool.

Bunker fuel quality problems may become more common this year as demand recovers for other transport fuels, writes George Collard for Argus Media quoting the trading firm KPI OceanConnect.

Dominant bunker...

https://mfame.guru/kpi-oceanconnect-warns-of-bunker-quality-issues-amid-price-surge/

Ship fuel prices jump, spread widens. Is ‘scrubber’ revival nigh?

ship fuel

One year ago — which seems like an eternity ago — no one in ocean shipping was talking about COVID. They were talking, ad nauseum, about fuel. About a massive spike in fuel prices due to a regulatory “tsunami” that would hammer liner companies’ 2020 financial results, inflate the cost of imported goods and steer winners and losers among shipping stocks.

It didn’t happen, courtesy of COVID. Instead, the price of marine fuel collapsed. Shipowners and cargo shippers actually saved money on fuel in...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ship-fuel-prices-jump-spread-widens-is-scrubber-revival-nigh

Greatest Change In Fuel Regulation, Counteracted With Wind Propulsion In 2020

wind assisted propulsion

Shipping has faced some historically significant challenges this year, we opened the year with IMO2020, the greatest change in fuel regulation in this century and we end the year still trying to come to grips with crew changes in such a time of crisis. How has the maritime technology sector fared? Well, here is a take on 2020 from a wind propulsion perspective:

Installations & Industry Engagement

It has been a bit of a breakout year, seeing large vessels using wind propulsion commercially enter...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/greatest-change-in-fuel-regulation-counteracted-with-wind-propulsion-in-2020/

Why the feared IMO 2020 spillover effect on diesel markets didn’t happen

A year ago, as 2020 dawned, the trucking industry was eyeing a marine fuel regulation that it feared could spill over into diesel markets, boosting the price of that fuel.

It didn’t happen.

IMO 2020, after years of preparation and anxiety, made its full debut on Jan. 1. The International Maritime Organization’s core requirement was that marine fuels needed to meet a new sulfur specification globally of 0.5%. The previous limit, found in high-sulfur fuel oil, was 3.5%.

Where this was going to...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/why-the-feared-imo-2020-spillover-effect-on-diesel-markets-didnt-happen

5 maritime sustainability trends for 2021

Shipping aims for more environmental sustainability.

According to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), “ships transport roughly 90% of world trade and account for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions.” The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is having a large impact on sustainable operations for ocean freight. Here are five environmental sustainability trends coming in 2021.

Potential decarbonization and ETS

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) met last week to discuss the new IMO short-term draft amendments that would require...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/5-maritime-sustainability-trends-for-2021

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