NEW DELHI: State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said it has commenced delivery of fuel for ships that is compliant with International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) low sulphur mandate.
 
In a statement, the company said it commenced deliveries of IMO-2020-compliant Low Sulphur Furnace Oil (LSFO) with 0.5 per cent sulphur as marine fuel at Indian ports.
 
‘The first such supply was made on October 26, 2019, to the LPG tanker Berlian Ekuator at Deendayal port,’  it said. IOC has made available LSFO 0.5 per cent S grade marine fuel for immediate deliveries at Deendayal and Kochi Ports. ‘Bunker fuel deliveries at other Indian ports Mumbai, Mangalore, Tuticorin, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Haldia shall start by mid-November,’ it said.
 
IOC had earlier unveiled two new IMO 2020-compliant marine fuel grades as well as a range of marine lubricants specifically formulated and complaint with IMO 2020 low sulphur marine fuel specifications in Mumbai.

Source: dst.news