07OCT2019 - NEWS - Scandinavian suppliers offer 0.5pc marine fuel

Marine fuel oil with 0.5pc sulphur is available from several suppliers in Denmark and Sweden, and more firms will enter the market by the middle of this month.

Danish supplier Stena Oil has offered the grade for delivery by barge offshore Skaw and in the port of Gothenburg, Sweden, since late August. It supplies a straight-run 0.47pc sulphur fuel oil with a density of 0.945 g/ml and a viscosity of 234cst. Stena Oil is adding 25,000m³ of storage in Gothenburg and a 5,600 dwt newbuild tanker to increase its delivery capacity.

Its compatriot Nordic Marine Oil and its trading arm Malik Supply provides 0.5pc marine fuel oil and 0.1pc marine gasoil (MGO) by barge off or in Skaw. Latvian supplier Fast Bunkering started to offer the grade at Skaw last week, and Swedish supplier Bunker One expects to start supplying off Skaw and Gothenburg from the middle of this month.