News / Impact of IMO 2020 will cause 'supply chain ripples for more than a year'

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The path to complying with the IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap regulations on bunker fuel in six months’ time will be “rocky” for carriers, and leave the maritime industry “shaken” according to new guidance. 

Several shippers and forwarding agents told The Loadstar at Multimodal in Birmingham yesterday they were more concerned about the potential negative impact of IMO 2020 on their supply chains, rather than the prospect of additional surcharges. 

One shipper said his main carrier from Asia had advised him to “book early” in Q4, as a lot of its ...