New IMO rule could minimize the importance of Port of Los Angeles

摘要

The Port of Los Angeles in the US state of California could see its importance in the bunker market lessened following the implementation of the IMO's 0.5-sulfur bunker rule next Jan.Bunker suppliers operating at the port have historically relied on relatively inexpensive Mexican high-sulfur residual fuel oil barrels to sell in Los Angeles for bunkering,but with this fuel not complying with the new IMO sulfur specification,suppliers could be left short of product.