据路透社11月7日新加坡报道，新加坡炼油公司(SRC)在周四的一份声明中表示，该公司在2019年10月提供了第一批超低硫燃料油(VLSFO)。

该声明称:“这一里程碑式的举动符合炼油厂和更广泛行业的意愿，即从新加坡供应0.5%的含硫船用燃料。新加坡是全球最大的国际燃料供应港之一。”

为了适应国际海事组织(IMO)制定的更严格的船用燃料标准，世界各地的炼油厂一直在对工厂进行调整。该标准将于2020年1月1日生效。

国际海事组织的规则禁止船舶明年使用含硫量在0.5%以上的燃油，而目前的含硫量为3.5%，除非船舶配备了废气“洗涤器”来清除硫的排放。

“我们在SRC的生产能力将使我们的两个股东能够为有或没有洗涤器的船舶提供多种船用燃料，”SRC首席执行官威廉?斯通(William Stone)表示。

李方征 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

Singapore Refining Co delivers first low-sulphur bunker fuel cargo

The Singapore Refining Company (SRC) supplied its first cargo of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) in October 2019, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

“This milestone is in line with the refinery and wider industry’s readiness to supply 0.5% sulphur marine fuels from Singapore, one of the largest international bunkering ports,” the statement said.

Refiners around the world have been making adjustments at their plants to adapt to stricter marine fuel standards set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) coming into force on Jan. 1, 2020.,

The IMO rules ban ships from using fuel oil with a sulphur content above 0.5% next year, compared with 3.5% now, unless they are equipped with exhaust “scrubbers” to clean up sulphur emissions.

“Our production capabilities at SRC will enable our two shareholders ... to offer a variety of marine fuels for vessels with and without scrubbers,” said William Stone,