The authorities plan to make the use of MFMs mandatory for all bunker barges over 300 GT in size from the start of January 2026, three sources familiar with the situation tell Ship & Bunker.
It can be argued that these fuels represented by the tested samples may not meet the general requirements outlined in clause 5 of ISO8217, says CTI-Maritec.
Hambantota saw more than 500,000 mt of bunker sales in the first eight months of the year, five times the volume seen in the same period a year earlier.