0.5%-Sulphur Cap

As of January 1^st 2020 all countries have agreed to curb Sulphur-emissions from merchant shipping, by enforcing a global 0.5%-Sulphur Cap on all bunkers. Vessel owners have two options: either spending CAPEX and retrofitting expensive Scrubbers to be able to continue to use fuels with higher Sulphur-contents than 0.5% (like MFO / HFO, LFO, DMA, DMX) or, switching engines to fuels with lower Sulphur-contents than what is allowed (like MDO / Marine Diesel Oil). It is expected that in many ports, specific compliant and high-sulphur fuels will not always be available; a huge planning complexity!
Some industry experts expect this new regulation to drive-up marine fuel prices by 20-25%.

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