GP’s Maiden Compliant Fuel Delivery in Fujairah

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Oil trader and bunker provider GP Global delivered its first barge of compliant low-sulphur fuel oil into Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, reports MarineLink.

Delivery at the main hub

The company delivered a 6,000-tonne bunker barge at the port, a main hub in the Mideast Gulf region for bunker operations.

IMO sulphur regulation

According to International Maritime Organization regulations, from the start of 2020:

  • all ships will be required to burn fuel with maximum 0.5% sulphur, down from 3.5% sulphur currently

or

  • have sulphur cleaning kits called scrubbers.

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Source: MarineLink