据路透社新加坡报道，标普全球普氏新加坡价格评估过程中的高硫燃料油(HSFO)交易量在2018年几乎减少了一半，表示市场在2020年将出台更严格的全球海洋燃料规则之前已经逐渐发生了转变。

2020年的新规定将禁止船舶使用含硫量在0.5%以上的燃油，而现在燃油的含硫量是3.5%，除非船上配备了废气“洗涤器”来清理硫的排放。

标普全球普氏通讯经理Arnaud Humblot称：“国际海事组织(IMO)制定的2020年全球船用燃料硫上限的新规定显然正在对船用燃料市场产生重大影响。”

普氏提供的数据显示，2018年，在普氏收盘市价评估流程中，新加坡共有1178.6万吨高硫燃料油进行交易，这一交易量从2017年的2193.5万吨下降了46%，从2016年的1783.4万吨下降了34%。

五位新加坡贸易人士表示，2020年之前，燃油交易界的不确定性已经导致一些主要石油公司的燃油交易部门进行合并、解散，甚至干脆退出市场。

詹晓晶摘自路透社

原文如下：

Singapore 2018 fuel oil trade volumes nearly halved as IMO rules loom

High-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) volumes traded in S&P Global Platts’ Singapore price assessment process were nearly halved in 2018 from the previous year, signs of a market shift ahead of tougher global marine fuel rules coming in 2020.

New rules from 2020 will ban ships from using fuel oil with a sulphur content above 0.5 percent, compared with 3.5 percent now, unless they are equipped with exhaust “scrubbers” to clean up sulphur emissions.

“International Maritime Organization (IMO) 2020 is clearly having a significant impact on the bunker fuel market,” said Arnaud Humblot, communications manager for S&P Global Platts.

A total of 11.786 million tonnes of HSFO was traded in Singapore in 2018 over Platts’ market-on-close (MOC) price assessment process, often called the “window”, down 46 percent from 21.935 million tonnes in 2017 and 34 percent from 17.834 million tonnes in 2016, according to data provided by Platts.

Uncertainty in the fuel oil trading community ahead of IMO 2020 has led to some fuel oil trading desks at major oil firms consolidating or dissolving, or even outright exiting the market, five Singapore-based trade sources said.