20SEP2019 - NEWS - Panama HSFO availabilities tighten

Sales of residual bunker fuel in Panama rose by 5pc to 2.73mn t from January to July 2019, compared with 2.59mn t
during the same period in 2018, according to the Panama port authority. But Panama's fuel oil imports dropped by
3pc in the first seven months of 2019, to 2.84mn t, compared to the same period in 2018, according to oil analytics
firm Vortexa, as suppliers are looking to reduce their HSFO inventories before the January 2020 marine fuel
regulation diminishes demand for it.