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  Cruise vessels and other deep sea vessels (which generally burn IFO 380 CST) have been affected by low sulphur rules for some time now. There has been a Sulphur Emissions Control Area in force from the Western Approaches to the Channel all the way up into the North Sea and Baltic and vessels entering the SECA from deep sea have had to switch from burning normal fuel to burning low sulphur fuel so that they are only burning low sulphur when they enter the zone for a couple of years.
  
  Burning Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (LSFO) has an adverse impact on vessel engines and also leads to higher daily consumption. For example, a container vessel which burns 72tonnes normal IFO 380 CST per day for an average daily speed of 19kts over the ground will burn 75tonnes plus of LSFO for the same speed in the same sea and weather conditions.
  
  Only the very newest (vessels designed and ordered less than 3 years ago) have the latest engine designs for better fuel economy when burning LSFO and even then, it is not quite as economical as when they are burning standard IFO 380 CST.
  
  On top of that, LSFO is about US$25 per tonne more expensive than the ordinary stuff and when you're buying several hundreds of tonnes at a time (Avge stem on a mid size container vessel heading deep sea will be 350 tonnes LSFO and 2700 tonnes normal at RTM or Antwerp (the two cheapest European stemming ports), that all adds up.

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