imo 2020

By Jack Wittels and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — In fewer than 12 months’ time, thousands of merchant ships are going to start burning fuel

For now, the ban applies only to wash water discharges in inland ECAs, port waters in domestic emission control areas, and in Bohai Bay, but a full ban on

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Jan 3 (Reuters) – High-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) volumes traded in S&P Global Platts’ Singapore price

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The number of exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) being installed on containerships is gathering pace, according to

International shipping association BIMCO has published two sulphur content-related bunker clauses dealing with general compliance and the transitional period

LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Swiss-headquartered MSC expects to pay over $2 billion a year in fuel costs due to tougher global marine fuel rules and will

By Serene Cheong and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — There’s a rising star in the oil world, and it’s heavy and sweet. Dense, low-sulfur oil,

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Maritime Port Authority (MPA) will ban the discharge of “wash water”

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — A Danish shipping company is planning to use waste vegetable oil to power its fleet, the latest in a list of fuel

In a first of its kind ruling in France, the Master of P&O-operated cruise ship “Azura” has been fined EUR100,000 for knowingly burning

By Sam Whelan, Asia correspondent (The Loadstar) – The IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap, to be imposed in January 2020, could be a “blessing in disguise” for

By John Kemp LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Global oil markets are adjusting to relatively strong demand for diesel and jet fuel compared to gasoline,

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Oil price reporting agency Argus has launched five new price assessments for low-sulphur marine fuels,

International shipping association BIMCO has developed two new bunker clauses dealing with general compliance and the transitional period for the International

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Italian refiner Saras is constructing a ship-refueling terminal at its Sardinia plant and will market a new,

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – CMA CGM Group, which includes ocean carrier APL, has raised its emergency bunker surcharge (EBS) to $100 per teu

By Ahmad Ghaddar and Julia Payne LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – The world’s biggest oil traders are gearing up to cash in on big disruptions that

Chinese oil giant Sinopec announced on October 18 at a fuel conference in Zoushan, China that it would produce IMO 2020 compliant low sulfur bunker fuels

By Liam Denning (Bloomberg Opinion) — Despite efforts by the Trump administration to turn it, a supertanker is bearing down on drivers, oil majors, and

By Dina Khrennikova and Elena Mazneva (Bloomberg) — Russia is set to suffer the biggest revenue losses from rules mandating cleaner marine