ULSFO - a fuel supplier's perspective

摘要

Besides the use of scrubbers or LNG, one solution to the upcoming regulation in 2020 is ultra low sulphur fuel oil (ULSFO). The expected introduction could have effects on both the supply and demand side of bunkers, M0I-holt tells HANSA.For him, there are still a lot of unknowns on the actual specs of the then available ULSFO, i.e. on catalyst fines. »We don't really know yet, because nobody came out with a firm product saying this is what we will be able to deliver«, Molholt says. Therefore it is a little difficult to forecast, but obviously a lot will change in the bunkering industry, he adds. For day-to-day operations, there might come up some changes, for example the close monitoring in the transition period, »but other than that, I don't foresee a lot of bigger issues«.