Chinese refiner Sinopec at its Jinling plant in the eastern province of Jiangsu, produced its first low sulfur fuel oil cargo, reports Ship & Bunker.
IMO sulphur cap compliant
The first low sulfur fuel oil cargo comprised 4,200 metric tonnes.
A refinery executive was cited in the report saying that the fuel met the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) 0.5% sulfur cap on bunker fuel.
Other plants have made pilot batches of the fuel but the Jinling refinery becomes the first refinery producing fuel to the IMO specifications.
From the start of next year, all ship must burn bunker fuel capped at 0.5% sulfur or have emissions abatement technology installed onboard ship.
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Source: Ship & Bunker
