Israel introduces lower in-port fuel sulphur limits

Vessels calling at Israeli ports will need to burn marine fuels with a 0.10% maximum sulphur content under new regulations taking effect in February 2023. Although the Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides and particulate matter was recently adopted at MEPC 79, it will not take effect until 2025. The State of Israel,

IMO’s sulphur cap rule has resulted in a 77% drop in SOx emissions

The International Maritime Organization, the shipping body of the United Nations, tweeted that since the January 1, 2020 start of the global sulphur cap, there has been an estimated 77% drop in sulphur oxide emissions from ships. The run-up to the sulphur cap’s implementation was a period of intense debate about how effective it would

HSFO demand lifts Singapore’s 2021 bunker fuel sales

Singapore’s bunker fuel sales in 2021 rose by 0.3% on the year to 49.99mn t in response to strong high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) demand and record container throughput, according to the city-state’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA). This is the second-highest total on record after the port of Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering hub, achieved

Fuel price gap leaps to highs not seen since the introduction of the global sulphur cap

The price gap between high and low sulphur fuel oil has widened to extremes not seen since around the introduction of the global sulphur cap in January 2020. While the difference in price between the two dominant fuels has averaged around $110 per ton in the first 22 months of the sulphur cap era, in