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Join 150 market representatives at the 39th Argus Fuel Oil Summit taking place in Miami this October. The deadline for IMO 2020 is quickly approaching and the industry is bracing for change. You can network with senior representatives across the fuel oil supply chain and understand how to best prepare your business for the first year of compliance.

Argus bunker fuels 2019

18 March 2019

Argus Bunker Fuels will discuss the availability of different fuel options, changing demand, refinery economics, the importance of shipowners' fuel management programmes, fuel testing, and the latest innovations in technology solutions available for shipowners, operators and managers.

Guidance on low-sulphur fuel oil now available

28 August 2019

BIMCO has contributed to a guidance on the supply and use of 0.50% sulphur marine fuel.

IMO releases guidance on scrubber failure

06 August 2019

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has released guidance on what action ships, flag states and port state control authorities should take if malfunction of an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) - also known as a scrubber - is detected.

China’s thirst for crude oil pushes Brazil’s December exports to all-time high

22 January 2020

Brazilian crude oil exports hit a record high in December 2019 with a total 8.7 million tonnes of crude oil exported, as China continues to turn to Brazil for crude.

IMO-meeting was not a missed opportunity

21 May 2019

What the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and the working group accomplished last week, was to finalise and agree on a set of procedures for assessment of impact on states from the proposed short-term measures. An important stop block has thus been removed which paves the way for advancement of individual proposals. The meeting didn’t postpone anything.

Is blending fuel on board allowed to achieve compliance?

23 December 2019

The fuel oil carriage ban from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that will come into force on 1 March 2020 has raised questions regarding the possibility of blending fuel on board ships to achieve compliance. The questions have prompted BIMCO to offer its view to members on the regulatory aspects of whether on board blending can be considered compliant.

BIMCO publishes interpretation of discord between fuel oil samples

23 December 2019

As 1 January 2020 approaches and the sulphur regulation from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) comes into force, BIMCO is experiencing an increase in questions related to the discord between the verification produces for statutory fuel oil samples and commercial fuel oil samples.