04OCT2018 - NEWS - Ministry of Transport of Thailand advances LNG Bunkering plans ahead of IMO 2020 Sulfur cap Rule

Thailand’s Ministry of Transport plans to open LNG stations along the eastern seaboard for vessels using clean energy as the International Maritime Organization’s global sulfur limit rule for marine fuels looms. The IMO will cap sulfur in marine fuels at 0.5% worldwide from January 1, 2020, compared to 3.5% currently. This applies outside the designated emission control areas where the limit is already 0.1%. Thailand is expected to import more than 20 million mt/year of LNG by 2025 and 34 million mt/year by 2036, up from 2.9 million mt in 2016, according to the Energy Policy and Planning Office under the Ministry of Energy.

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