Singapore Ready to Supply Clean Ship Fuel

Singapore, the world’s largest maritime refueling port, said it will have an ample supply of cleaner fuel to meet an increase in demand next year, when the global commercial fleet will be required to cut sulfur emissions.Janil Puthucheary, the island state’s senior minister for transport, told a shipping conference Tuesday that Singapore has been working with big oil refiners and shipowners and will have no problem procuring sufficient volumes of fuel that is compliant with new industry rules.The Singapore port is a major fuel supplier for vessels servicing the world’s busiest ocean trade route from the Far East to Northern Europe. Other global gateways like Shanghai, Malaysia’s Tanjung Pelepas, Rotterdam and Hamburg are also working to secure supplies of the new lower-emission fuel.