Chennai: Indian Oil has 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 26 October to the LPG tanker Berlian Ekuator at Kandla port. Indian Oil has made available LSFO 0.5 per cent S grade marine fuel for immediate deliveries at Kandla and Kochi ports.
Bunker fuel deliveries at other Indian ports Mumbai, Mangalore, Tuticorin, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Haldia shall start by mid-November 2019, a press release from chief general manager (corporate communications), Sadhna Khera Mittal, said. Indian Oil 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.