Beyond 2020: May 2019
The marine sulfur cap could devastate Russian refining margins come 2020, crippling balance sheets for those operators who missed the boat on the upgrade investment window.
Author: Josh Lowell
Beyond 2020: ClipperData Interviews Total Marine Fuels
ClipperData spoke to Jerome Leprince-Ringuet, Managing Director of Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions.
Beyond 2020: Scrubber Economics Stack-up for Stena Bulk
Sweden’s Stena Bulk is investing $55 million to retrofit 16 vessels with exhaust gas cleaning (ECG) systems in response to the IMO’s decision to lower the global sulfur cap on marine fuels from 3.5 percent to 0.5 percent starting January 1.
ClipperData Forecasts IMO 2020
ClipperData projects what the marine fuel market will look like following the IMO 2020.
Container Lines Prepare for 2020
Major container lines are facing higher costs due to an increase in expected bunker fuel prices from IMO 2020. To cover their costs, container lines are proposing Bunker Adjustment Factors (BAFs). BAFs are tariffs added to base freight rates that take into account changes in fuel prices, the major component of operating costs.
The LSFO Terror
LSFO in particular has been of interest from the bunker industry due to its status as a relatively new marine fuel. In a recent blog post, I highlighted issues surrounding several US patents that concern the blending of hydrocarbons to create IMO-compliant LSFO. In this post, I take a look at another concern with LSFO: Compatibility.
3 Reasons these IMO Patents are a Big Deal
Patents addressing the IMO2020 sulfur cap warrant a closer look.
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