International standards organisations such as ASTM, ISO and AOAC have sought to establish often elaborately detailed methodologies to investigate a given parameter. This is critical for international commodity trade so that buyer and sellers, who are o…
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Compliance with the new IMO 2020 rule is causing various headaches among ship owners. In a recent report, Intermodal said that “as we all know very well by now, the reduction in the maximum allowable sulphur content of marine fuels in 2020 is likely to…
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A historic drop in coal-fired electricity generation will not sway global coal demand from its upward trajectory through to 2024, though growth will not be as steep as it has previously been. That outlook from the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) la…
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For residual fuels, the most widely used specification is ISO 8217 Table 2. The Table 2 specification for sulphur content is stated as per “statutory requirements” and, since 1 January 2020, the global MARPOL sulphur limit is 0.50% with lower limits se…
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The dry bulk market has been on the downside for 20 straight sessions now, indicating that a weak sentiment has settled for good. To make matters worse, in three weeks time comes the Chinese New Year, traditionally a low point for the market in terms o…
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