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Get ready for unprecedented disruption as 2020 nears, says Alok Sharma,

Senior Vice President at Inatech.

CREDIT: INATECH of their fuel from about 10 ports of origin. On that basis, they ing bunkers is like blending wine. There are many ways to do it should set up contracts with suppliers in those locations. It requires and every supplier tries to minimize their costs by spending as a more disciplined and transparent approach to bunker buying but little as possible on materials, feedstock and the blending process. # & /# # K / #! As a result, we are entering a brave new world where we will "

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P/ residual fuel or from gasoil. In either case, a lot of work will be taking the ISO parameters for a 3.5% sulfur fuel and expecting # #/# + # 4 to keep them all the same but with less sulfur content. Because product and must now accept a much cleaner fuel. the new fuels are blended, it will not just be their sulfur content

Choosing fuel will become more complicated, because blend- # +/ ##!@#$# /- www.maritimelogisticsprofessional.com 11I