China’s exports of clean marine fuels in 2021 rose 24% from a year ago as Chinese refiners expanded production capacity amid Beijing’s ambition to create a regional bunkering hub.

China’s exports of clean marine fuels in 2021 rose 24% from a year ago as Chinese refiners expanded production capacity amid Beijing’s ambition to create a regional bunkering hub.

That compares to 15.47 million tonnes in 2020 when China started to comply with the IMO emission rules.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterFor December alone, China sold 1.3 million tonnes of the clean marine fuel, down from 1.75 million tonnes in November and was lower than 2.47 million tonnes in the same period in 2020.

Analysts from China-based consultancy JLC estimated that China’s bonded VLSFO output reached 11.08 million tonnes in 2021, up more than 42% from a year ago.The production boom has helped narrow the price spread between clean marine fuel supplied in China’s Zhoushan and in Singapore, to an average of $17.83 per tonne in 2021 from $23.86 in 2020.
Source: Reuters