How will your ships comply with the 2020 IMO sulphur cap The shipping industry caught off guard last October when the IMO decided to mandate the use marine fuel with a maximum of 0.5% sulphur worldwide from the start of 2020 rather than the widely expected date of 2025. 2016年10月，国际海事组织（IMO）决定自2020年实施0.5%的全球硫限制，而不是推迟五年至2025年。 来源：Seatrade Maritime News
The issue with the 0.5% sulphur cap regulation is that it has turned into a textbook conundrum for refiners (the fuel suppliers) and shipowners (the fuel buyers), caught in a quandary whereby suppliers are unable to commit on how much to produce as buyers do not know how much is needed, vice versa.
The refiners, though they are not regulated by IMO, cannot pretend that nothing has happened as they have a commercial interest to cater to market needs through changes to production configuration so as to maximise margins.
The shipping industry, the one on the receiving end of the IMO regulation, will have to deal with not only the upcoming global 0.5% sulphur cap, but also the existing 0.1% sulphur cap in designated Emission Control Areas (ECAs).
There are three options set out in this paper that shipowners can consider in order to comply with the IMO regulations. First, shipowners can install exhaust gas cleaning systems on their ships. Second, owners can simply buy compliant fuels at higher costs. Third, ships can run on the clean gas LNG as fuel.
在即将实施0.5%的全球硫限制的问题面前炼油厂（燃料供应商）和船东（燃料买家）都陷入困境，如因为供应商因不知道具体的生产价格而无法承诺给买方多少价格，反之买方也不知道需求量到底是多少而无法向卖方给予承若。
国际海事组织虽没有对炼油厂进行炼油的限制，但他们也已无法假装什么事情都没发生一样。在巨大商业利益面前，他们必须通过改变原有的生产设备以满足市场的需求，从而实现盈利。
国际海事组织的监管部门，不仅要处理即将实施0.5%的全球硫限制问题，还要处理在制定排放控制区（ECAS）实施0.1%的限硫问题。
这里有为船东考虑的三个选择。第一，在船上安装废弃清洁装置系统；第二，以高价购买符合标准的燃料；第三，船舶可以使用清洁的LNG作为燃料。
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