ShinerBock wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
What is the current sulphur content and proposed sulphur content in PPM for marine diesel?
Not sure, but current sulfur content in Emission Controlled Areas(ECA)areas such as local waters in the US and EU is .1% which is lower than this .5% regulation. However, according to Shell, ECA's account for a much smaller percentage of fuel demand.
IMO 2020:
What’s next?
Shell wrote:
The transition to 0.5%S will cause more changes to global marine industry than the switch to the 0.1%S fuel in the ECAs. The impact of this transition represents approximately 75% of global marine fuel demand when compared to the demand of ECA.
This article from BP has a better map of ECA areas.
MARPOL 2020 and beyond
Not knowing what the PPM levels will be, I suspect the marine diesel regulation will not have an impact with "on the road diesel" prices.
