News / Iceland set to join SECA regions, adding to pressure on carriers burning LSFO

Reykjavik, Iceland - August 10, 2019: Panoramic view of the commercial Port of Reykjavik, Iceland

IMO member states, legislating for the 0.5% sulphur cap within their territorial waters from 1 January, could go a step further and lower the maximum sulphur content in marine fuel to 0.1%.

This is potentially bad news for carriers opting for a strategy of burning maximum 0.5% LSFO (low-sulphur fuel oil) in all but the current SECAs (sulphur emission control areas) in compliance with IMO 2020.

But it’s good news for carriers that have invested in scrubbers – exhaust gas cleaning systems.

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