ShinerBock wrote:
As I stated before, the current low sulfur fuel used in local US and EU waters, or Emission Control Area's(ECA) as they are called, effects a much smaller amount of marine fuel demand than the new 2020 regulation will.
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 current ECA's.
MARPOL 2020 and beyond
And as I stated... Canada and the US are years ahead of the so called "Global limits" our ECA has had limits set at 1000ppm, for several years now! No reason why we can't have ULSD across the board, for both on/off road, rail/marine and globally... process is there. Processors just need a kick in the rear and get their heads out of the sand.
